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suspensorium

suspensorium


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suspensorium  \Sus`pen*so"ri*um\,  n.;  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.