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sesamoid bone
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sesamoid bone [′ses·ə‚mȯid ‚bōn]
(medicine)
A small bone developed in a tendon subjected to much pressure.
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LISTED sprint winner Corrybrough has been put down after shattering a sesamoid bone and severely damaging a tendon while working on the gallops at Kingston Warren, near Lambourn.
Corrybrough put down; IN BRIEF by The Racing Post (London, England)
Sesamoid bones are ovoid nodular bones, often small, found embedded within a tendon or joint capsule.
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The five-year-old was being prepared for the Suburban Handicap next weekend when a problem was detected and X-rays revealed Invasor suffered a fracture at the top of his right-hind sesamoid - a bone in the ankle area he had previously injured.
Horse Racing: Fallon's back among winners by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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