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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SESAMOID

Ses "a *moid, a. Etym: [Gr. sésamoïde.]

1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

2. (Anat. )

Defn: 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.

SESAMOID

SESAMOID Ses "a *moid, n. (Anat. )

Defn: A sesamoid bone or cartilage.

SESAMOIDAL

SESAMOIDAL Ses `a *moid "al, a. (Anat. )

Defn: Sesamoid.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sesamoid

ses a moid |ˈsesəˌmoid ˈsɛsəmɔɪd |(also sesamoid bone ) ▶noun a small independent bone or bony nodule developed in a tendon where it passes over an angular structure, typically in the hands and feet. The kneecap is a particularly large sesamoid bone. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from sesame (with reference to the similarity in shape of a sesame seed ) + -oid .

Oxford Dictionary

sesamoid

sesamoid |ˈsɛsəmɔɪd |(also sesamoid bone ) ▶noun a small independent bone or bony nodule developed in a tendon where it passes over an angular structure, typically in the hands and feet. The kneecap is a particularly large sesamoid bone. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from sesame (with reference to the similarity in shape of a sesame seed ) + -oid .