'Sesamoid' definitions:
Definition of 'sesamoid'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint [syn: sesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideum]
Definition of 'Sesamoid'
From: GCIDE
- Sesamoid \Ses"a*moid\, n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sesamoid'
From: GCIDE
- Sesamoid \Ses"a*moid\, a. [Gr. ???? like sesame; ????? sesame + e'i^dos form: cf. F. s['e]samo["i]de.]
- 1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. [1913 Webster]
- Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man. [1913 Webster]