Ses″a‐moid (?), a. [Gr. ���� like sesame; ����� sesame + ��� form: cf. F. sésamoïde.] 1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages(Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.