Sesamoid \Ses"a*moid\, a. [Gr. ???? like sesame; ????? sesame +
??? form: cf. F. s['e]samo["i]de.]
1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or
cartilages; sesamoidal.
Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones
or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and
pisiform in man.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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