2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sesamoid  \Ses"a*moid\,  a.  [Gr.  ????  like  sesame;  ?????  sesame  + 
  ???  form:  cf  F.  s['e]samo["i]de.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sesamoid  \Ses"a*moid\,  n.  (Anat.) 
  A  sesamoid  bone  or  cartilage. 

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