sesamoid

[ses-uh-moid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Anatomy.

shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.

sesamoid

/ ˈ��ɛ��əˌ��ɔɪ�� /

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 Word Forms

intersesamoid adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sesamoid¹

1690–1700; < Latin ��ŧ��ī��ŧ�� < Greek ��ŧ��Ǳ𾱻�ḗs like sesame seed. See sesame, -oid

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sesamoid¹

C17: from Latin ��ŧ��ī��ŧ�� 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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“Sesame Street”sesh

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