Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suspensory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suspensory \Sus*pen"so*ry\, a.
1. Suspended; hanging; depending.
2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory
muscle. --Ray.
3. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suspensory \Sus*pen"so*ry\, n. [Cf. F. suspensoir, suspensoire.]
That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically
(Med.), a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suspensory
n : a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant
part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) [syn: {suspensory
bandage}]
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