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sesamoid

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This reduces the stress on the sesamoid bones (I think they're called like this) a lot in the beginning.

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Quick take

Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sesamoid gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.

adjective

Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.

noun

(anatomy) A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sesamoid.

adjective

Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.

adjective

Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.

noun

(anatomy) A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.

Example sentences

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This reduces the stress on the sesamoid bones (I think they're called like this) a lot in the beginning.

2

My issue happened to be with sesamoid/metatarsal fracture, flat rootedness, and poor gait.

3

Creating selection pressure for opposable thumbs in raccoons (or some functionally similar anatomy like the sesamoid in pandas) seems like a very bad idea.

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How many paired tendons are supported by this sesamoid bone?

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Some of the example prompts are unintentionally hilarious: > Hummingbirds within Apodiformes uniquely have a bilaterally paired oval bone, a sesamoid embedded in the caudolateral portion of the expanded, cruciate aponeurosis of insertion of m.

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> Hummingbirds within Apodiformes uniquely have a bilaterally paired oval bone, a sesamoid embedded in the caudolateral portion of the expanded, cruciate aponeurosis of insertion of m.

Quote examples

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If they would have wrote “Number of tendon pairs attached to sesamoid bone of hummingbirds?” Then i would write a single number, no explanation.

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There's no way that one could answer "How many paired tendons are supported by this sesamoid bone [bilaterally paired oval bone of hummingbirds]" without either having a physical model to dissect, or just regurgitating the info found somewhere authoritative.

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For example how in the “Humanity's Last Exam” AI evaluation dataset they have this question: “Hummingbirds within Apodiformes uniquely have a bilaterally paired oval bone, a sesamoid embedded in the caudolateral portion of the expanded, cruciate aponeurosis of insertion of m.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sesamoid in a sentence?

This reduces the stress on the sesamoid bones (I think they're called like this) a lot in the beginning.

What does sesamoid mean?

Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.

What part of speech is sesamoid?

sesamoid is commonly used as adjective, noun.