Definition of "sesamoiditis" []

• Inflammation of a sesamoid bone, usually in the foot. (noun)

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• "The condition, known as sesamoiditis, is unpredictable and embarrassingly painful."
• "In chronic sesamoiditis, constant lameness is the one salient feature which marks the condition."
• "No special pathological condition characterizes sesamoiditis but this condition causes incurable lameness when the sesamoid bones are much inflamed."