1. Resembling in size or shape a grain of sesame. 2. Denoting a s. bone. [G. sesamoeides, like sesame]
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ses·a·moid 'ses-ə-.mȯid adj of, relating to, or being a nodular mass of bone or cartilage in a tendon esp. at a joint or bony prominence <the patella is the largest \sesamoid bone in the human body>
sesamoid n a sesamoid bone or cartilage
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ses·a·moid (sesґə-moid) [L. sesamoides; Gr. sēsamon sesame + eidos form] 1. denoting a small nodular bone embedded in a tendon or joint capsule. 2. a sesamoid bone. See under bone.Medical dictionary. 2011.