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sesamoid bone
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Noun
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sesamoid
bone
(
plural
sesamoid bones
)
(
anatomy
)
A small
bone
embedded within a
tendon
, typically found in locations where a tendon passes over a joint.
Synonyms
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os sesamoideum
Derived terms
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sesamoiditis
Translations
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small bone embedded within tendon
Arabic:
رَضَفَة
f
(
raḍafa
)
Egyptian Arabic:
صبونة
f
(
ṣabuna
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
籽骨
(
zǐgǔ
)
Finnish:
jänneluu
Hungarian:
lencsecsont
(hu)