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sesamoid

English

Etymology

sesame +? -oid

Adjective

sesamoid (comparative more sesamoid, superlative most sesamoid)

  1. Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.
  2. Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.

Noun

sesamoid (plural sesamoids)

  1. (anatomy) A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.

Derived terms

  • sesamoidal
  • sesamoiditis

Romanian

Etymology

From French sésamoïde

Adjective

sesamoid m or n (feminine singular sesamoid?, masculine plural sesamoizi, feminine and neuter plural sesamoide)

  1. sesamoid

Declension

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fabella

English

Etymology

From New Latin fabella, diminutive of Latin faba (bean).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f??b?l?/

Noun

fabella (plural fabellae)

  1. (anatomy) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

Latin

Etymology 1

Diminutive of f?bula.

Noun

f?bella f (genitive f?bellae); first declension

  1. (short) story, fable, play
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Italian: favella
  • Old French: favele
    • ? English: favel
  • Polish: fabu?a
  • Portuguese: fabela
  • Romansch: faveala, faviala
  • ? Spanish: fabela

Etymology 2

faba (bean) +? -ella. From its bean-like shape and size, in some animals.

Noun

fabella f

  1. (anatomy) fabella (the posterior analogue of the anterior patella)

References

  • fabella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fabella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fabella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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