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Webster 1913 Edition
Suspensorium
‖
Susˊpen-so′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Suspensoria
(#)
. [NL.]
(Anat.)
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.
Definition 2024
Suspensorium
Suspensorium
See also: suspensorium
German
Noun
Suspensorium m (genitive Suspensoriums, plural Suspensorien)
Synonyms
- (jockstrap): Sportsuspensorium, Tiefschützer, Tiefschutz, Jockstrap, Eierbecher
suspensorium
suspensorium
See also: Suspensorium
English
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.
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)
Inflection
Inflection of suspensorium
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | suspensorium | suspensoriet | suspensorier | suspensorierne |
| genitive | suspensoriums | suspensoriets | suspensoriers | suspensoriernes |