Ses"a*moid (?), a. [Gr. like sesame; sesame + form: cf. F. s'esamoide.]
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.
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Ses"a*moid, n. Anat.
A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
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