Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as sesamoid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Sesamoid.

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  • adjective anatomy sesamoid

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Examples

  • If our theory of their pathology is the correct one, and the cause of the lesions is truly the softening of the sesamoidal bony structure and independent of any changes in the ligamentous fibers, the possibility of a solid osseous union can hardly be considered admissible.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

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