Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sesamoid fibrocartilage, sometimes found ossified, developed in the gastrocnemius muscle, and situated on the back of the knee-joint or behind the condyle of the femur, in special relation with the fibula: as, “the fibular fabella,” .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
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- noun anatomy One of the small
sesamoid bones situated behind thecondyles of thefemur , in some mammals.
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` Sesame seed-like 'bones in the hands and feet (sesamoids), ` lentils' in the eyes (lens), ` beans 'in the knees (fabella), and ` a small grape,' that fleshy hanging-drop in the back of the throat (uvula) join the other edibles already mentioned.
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