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sesamoid
[ ses-uh-moid ]
adjective
Anatomy.
- shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
sesamoid
/ ˈɛəˌɔɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to various small bones formed in tendons, such as the patella
- of or relating to any of various small cartilages, esp those of the nose
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Other 51Թ Forms
- t·a·Ǿ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sesamoid1
C17: from Latin ŧīŧ like sesame (seed), from Greek
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Both of the sesamoid bones in her right front leg had snapped.
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The Grizzlies announced the procedure Tuesday on a broken medial sesamoid bone in the toe.
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His sesamoid bone is crushed and, he said, dying.
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Powell attempted to play on his fractured medial sesamoid bone in his left foot after his injury happened Feb. 10 in Dallas before realizing it wasn’t possible.
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The possibility remains that guard Norman Powell, sidelined since Feb. 10 with a fractured medial sesamoid bone in his foot, could join them on the practice floor.
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