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‖ suspensorium|sʌspɛnˈsɔərɪəm|
[mod.L., neut. sing. of med.L. *suspensōrius suspensory.]
1. Surg. A suspensory bag, bandage, etc.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 239, I advised him to wear a Suspensorium.., to favour the spermatick Vessels. 1859Mayne Expos. Lex.
2. The bone, or series of bones, cartilages, etc., by which the lower jaw is suspended from the skull in vertebrates below mammals.
1869Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. XI. 577 The suspensorium is slender. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 43 Skeleton of Common Perch... The suspensorium is articulated moveably to the outer and back part of the cranium. 1881Mivart Cat 460 Its mandible directly articulates with the skull, and there is no suspensorium. |