SUSPENSORY
\səspˈɛnsəɹˌi], \səspˈɛnsəɹˌi], \s_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_n_s_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of SUSPENSORY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.
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Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
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That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss
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a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
By Oddity Software
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Fitting or serving to sustain or suspend; as, a suspensory muscle; serving to delay.
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That which holds up.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Suspending, supporting, noting a ligament or other structure the office of which is to keep an organ or other part in place. 2. Noting a bandage applied as a support to a dependent part, such as the scrotum or a pendulous breast.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Suspending; sustaining; delaying.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That suspends; suspending.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A suspensorium; serving for suspension; various ligaments.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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