Category: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 Ses"a*moid, n. (anat.)

Defn: a sesamoid bone or cartilage.