Usually means: Small bones embedded within tendons.
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  1. sesamoid bones: Vocabulary.com
  2. sesamoid bones: Wordnik
  3. sesamoid bones: Wiktionary
  4. Sesamoid bones: Dictionary.com
  5. Sesamoid bones: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. sesamoid bones: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. Sesamoid bones: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sesamoid Bones: Anatomy of the Human Body
  3. Sesamoid bones: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  4. Sesamoid bones: Medical dictionary

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  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See sesamoid_bone as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sesamoid bone)

noun:  (anatomy) A small bone embedded within a tendon, typically found in locations where a tendon passes over a joint.
▸ Also see sesamoid_bone


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