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suspensorium

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See also: Suspensorium

English

Etymology

From New Latin

Noun

suspensorium (plural suspensoria)

  1. (anatomy) Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals
    fish suspensorium

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suspensorium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin suspendere (hang up, suspend), from sub- + pendere (hang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspensoːrium/, [susb̥ænˈsoːˀɐ̯iɔm]
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

suspensorium n (singular definite suspensoriet, plural indefinite suspensorier)

  1. jockstrap, suspensory bandage

Inflection

More information neuter gender, singular ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

suspensorium n (definite singular suspensoriet, indefinite plural suspensorier, definite plural suspensoria or suspensoriene)

  1. jockstrap, suspensorial bandage

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

suspensorium n (definite singular suspensoriet, indefinite plural suspensorium, definite plural suspensoria)

  1. jockstrap, suspensorial bandage

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sus.pɛnˈsɔ.rjum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjum
  • Syllabification: sus‧pen‧so‧rium

Noun

suspensorium n

  1. jockstrap, suspensory

Further reading

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