SESAMOID

Meaning of SESAMOID in English

[ses.a.moid] n [Gk sesamoeides, lit., resembling sesame seed, fr. sesamon] (ca. 1696): a nodular mass of bone (as the patella) or cartilage in a tendon esp. at a joint or bony prominence -- sesamoid adj

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SESAMOID — noun Etymology: Greek sēsamoeidēs, literally, resembling sesame seed, from sēsamon Date: circa 1696 a nodular mass of bone (as the …
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SESAMOID — I. -ˌmȯid adjective Etymology: Greek sēsamoeidēs, literally, resembling sesame seed, from sēsamon sesame + -oeidēs -oid : of, relating to, …
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SESAMOID — (n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
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SESAMOID — (a.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
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SESAMOID — (a.) Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
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SESAMOID — ( n. ) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SESAMOID — ( a. ) Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SESAMOID — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SESAMOID — /ses"euh moyd'/ , adj. Anat. shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages. [ 1690-1700; sesamoides …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SESAMOID — adj. resembling a sesame seed, shaped like a sesame seed
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SESAMOID — noun Etymology: Greek sēsamoeidēs, literally, resembling sesame seed, from sēsamon Date: circa 1696 : a nodular mass of bone (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SESAMOID — noun a sesamoid bone or cartilage. 2. sesamoid ·adj resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. 3. sesamoid ·adj of …
Webster English vocab
SESAMOID — [ 'sɛsəmɔɪd ] (also ~ bone ) ■ noun a small bony nodule within a tendon passing over an angular …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SESAMOID — adj. & n. --adj. shaped like a sesame seed; nodular (esp. of small independent bones developed in tendons passing over …
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SESAMOID — adj. & n. adj. shaped like a sesame seed; nodular (esp. of small independent bones developed in tendons passing over …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SESAMOID — adj. & n. --adj. shaped like a sesame seed; nodular (esp. of small independent bones developed in tendons passing over …
Oxford English vocab
SESAMOID — сезамовидная кость; сезамовидный
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SESAMOID — сезамовидная кость; сезамовидный
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SESAMOID — сесамовидная кость; сесамовидный
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SESAMOID — adj. Pronunciation: ' se-s ə - ˌ mo ̇ id Function: noun Etymology: Greek s ē samoeid ē s, literally, …
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SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT — noun : a ligament or fibrous membrane suspending an organ or part: as a. : an annular fibrous membrane of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SESAMOIDITIS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmȯiˈdīd.ə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, from English sesamoid (II) + New Latin -itis : inflammation of the …
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QUADRICEPS — ˈkwädrəˌseps noun also quadriceps extensor or quadriceps fem·o·ris -ˈfemərə̇s ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin quadricipit-, quadriceps, from quadri- + …
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PATELLA ULNARIS — -ˌəlˈna(a)rə̇s noun ( plural patella ulnarises ) Etymology: New Latin, literally, elbow patella : a sesamoid at the lower end …
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PATELLA — pəˈtelə noun Etymology: Latin, diminutive of patina pan — more at paten 1. plural pa·tel·lae -eˌlē, -ˌlī : a small …
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NUT BONE — noun : a large transversely extended sesamoid bone behind the joint between the coronary bone and coffin bone in the …
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INTERSESAMOID — “+ adjective Etymology: inter- + sesamoid : situated between sesamoid bones intersesamoid ligament of a horse's fetlock
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SESAMOIDAL — (a.) Sesamoid.
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KNEEPAN — (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
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INTERSESAMOID — (a.) Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
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FABELLA — (n.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
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СЕЗАМОВИДНАЯ КОСТЬ — 1) sesamoid bone 2) sesamoid
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