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Sesamoid

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\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.
\Ses"a*moid\, n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.

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