'Sesamoid cartilages' definitions:

Definition of 'Sesamoid cartilages'

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]