Words Like SESAMOID
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3 Alternative Words Similar to sesamoid
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Noun Hyponym
6 definitions of sesamoid
1
Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.
2
Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.
3
A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.
4
Having the shape of a grain of sesame: especially applied in anatomy to small independent osseous or cartilaginous bodies occurring in tendinous structures.
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In anatomy, a bone developed in the tendon of a muscle at or near a joint; a scleroskel-etal ossification, usually of a nodular shape.
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any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint