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Definition of Sesamoid

1. Noun. Any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint.

Definition of Sesamoid

1. a. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

2. n. A sesamoid bone or cartilage.

Definition of Sesamoid

1. Adjective. Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a sesamoid bone. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sesamoid

1. a nodular mass of bone or cartilage [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sesamoid

1. 1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. 2. Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages, small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man. Origin: Gr. Like sesame; sesame + form: cf. F. Sesamoide. A sesamoid bone or cartilage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sesamoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Examination showed crossed division of the tibial sesamoid in the right foot. ... The division was found to occur more frequently in the tibial sesamoid, ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"... internal sesamoid bone is to be felt. Lastly, the expanded ends of the bones forming the last joint of the great toe are to be felt. ..."

3. Treatise on Fractures in General, Industrial, and Military Practice by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1921)
"sesamoid bones are small osseous structures developed in tendons; and are situated at places ... The rest of the sesamoid bone is buried in the tendon. ..."

4. Human Osteology: Comprising a Description of the Bones with Delineations of by Luther Holden, James Shuter (1885)
"sesamoid BONES. There are two sesamoid bones which play in two grooves beneath the head ... There are many sesamoid bones in the foot of the great armadillo ..."

5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1897)
"THB sesamoid bones were quite well known to the anden; ... Not only were sesamoid bones clearly portrayed, but the cancellous tissue of the various bones ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"211 —sesamoid bones of the hand, and Charpy.J (Poirier FIG. 212.—sesamoid bones of the foot. (Poirier and Charpy. ..."

7. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Constant sesamoid bones of the thumb 631 872. Shows only one constant sesamoid bone at the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb, one accessory sesamoid ..."

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