'Sesamoid bones' definitions:

Definition of 'Sesamoid bones'

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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]

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