Found 1 items, similar to sesamoid.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sesamoid Sesamoid \Ses"a*moid\, a. [Gr. ???? like sesame; ????? sesame + e'i^dos form: cf. F. s['e]samo["i]de.] 1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. [1913 Webster] Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man. [1913 Webster] Sesamoid \Ses"a*moid\, n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [1913 Webster]