SUSPENSORIUM

Etymology

Noun

suspensorium (plural suspensoria)

(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

Source: Wiktionary


Sus`pen*so"ri*um, n.; pl. Suspensoria. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Definition: Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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