SESAMOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sesamoid mean? 

• SESAMOID (noun)
  The noun SESAMOID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SESAMOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SESAMOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os sesamoideum; sesamoid; sesamoid bone

Hypernyms ("sesamoid" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sesamoid"):

kneecap; kneepan; patella (a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint)