Words Like SESAMOID

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SESAMOID.

3 Alternative Words Similar to sesamoid

1 Bone Noun      Synonym Words Like Bone
2 Os Noun      Synonym Words Like Os
3 Kneecap 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.
5 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.
6 any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
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