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Definition of Sesamoids
1. sesamoid [n] - See also: sesamoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesamoids
Literary usage of Sesamoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"Taking males and females together, sesamoids were found, ... Of the 18 sesamoids
in the inner head of the right gastrocnemius, 1 (.r>'5 per cent. ..."
2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"The constantly present sesamoids of the thumb are found on either side of the
metacarpophalangeal joint. Four cases of fracture of these have been collected ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"From this brief review it is evident that a congenital division of the sesamoids
may occur, usually involving the tibial sesamoid, and that after trauma, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1872)
"The sesamoids are in these grooves. The structure of the elbow is such as to ...
The larger, outer one of the two sesamoids is an irregularly discoidal bone ..."
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