= sesamoid, adj.

Shaped like a sesame-seed; applied in Anatomy to certain small bones and cartilages formed in tendinous structures.

Hook-shaped; esp. unciform bone, unciform process.

Applied to processes of bones of a curved form like a crow's beak, and to parts in connection with these; esp. the coronoid process of the lower jaw…

Of the form of a small hook; hooked; applied spec. in Anatomy to processes of certain bones.

= branch A.