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OS SESAMOIDEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does os sesamoideum mean? 

OS SESAMOIDEUM (noun)
  The noun OS SESAMOIDEUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OS SESAMOIDEUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OS SESAMOIDEUM (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 ("os sesamoideum" 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 "os sesamoideum"):

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


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