suspensorn.
/səˈspɛnsə/ a. A kind of catheter: see quot. 1747. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > tube or cannula > catheter
cathering?1541
catheter1601
algalie1739
suspensor1747
balloon1911
balloon catheter1941
microballoon1964
1747 P. H. Zollman tr. in Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 178 I slipt over it the strait Suspensor (a Catheter that opens with a Bow) and dilated the Bladder with the Incision Knife, towards the Pubis, and introduced the lateral Suspensors.
b. A suspensory bandage.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] > bandage for specific part
wristband1663
suspensory1699
etoile1706
scapular1739
scapulary1754
accipiter1813
frond1848
stapes1875
suspensor1896
1803 J. Fox & J. Bradley New Med. Dict. Suspensor, a bandage to suspend the scrotum.]
1896 Daily News 14 Dec. 8/2 Electric Belt and Suspensor for Men.
2. Botany. The filament by which the embryo is suspended in the seed of phanerogams; also applied to a similar structure in some cryptogams.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > suspensor
suspensor1832
hypostasis1866
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 159 A very delicate thread, the suspensor, descends from the summit of the ovulum into the quintine.
1879 A. W. Bennett in Jrnl. Bot. Mar. 67 The pro-embryo or suspensor (Vorkeim) of Phanerogams.
3. gen. That by which something is suspended.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended
pendant1580
suspension1833
suspender1839
hanger1864
suspensor1874
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. 192 Neck Ornament... Silver-gilt, circular, flower-shaped,..the suspensor formed of twisted..gold thread.
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