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suspensor|səˈspɛnsə(r)|
[a. med.L. suspensor, agent-n. f. L. suspens-, suspendĕre: see suspense and -or. Cf. F. suspenseur.]
†1. Surg.
a. A kind of catheter: see quot. Obs.
1746tr. Le Cat in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 178, I slipt over it the strait Suspensor (a Catheter that opens with a Bow) and dilated the Bladder with the Incision Knife, towards the Pubis, and introduced the lateral Suspensors.
b. A suspensory bandage.
[1803J. Fox Med. Dict., Suspensor, a bandage to suspend the scrotum.] 1896Daily News 14 Dec. 8/2 Electric Belt and Suspensor for Men.
2. Bot. The filament by which the embryo is suspended in the seed of phanerogams; also applied to a similar structure in some cryptogams.
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 159 A very delicate thread, the suspensor, descends from the summit of the ovulum into the quintine. 1879A. W. Bennett in Jrnl. Bot. Mar. 67 The pro-embryo or suspensor (Vorkeim) of Phanerogams.
3. gen. That by which something is suspended.
1874H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 192 Neck Ornament... Silver-gilt, circular, flower-shaped,..the suspensor formed of twisted..gold thread. |