suspensorialadj.
/sʌspɛnˈsɔːrɪəl/ Anatomy.
Pertaining to or of the nature of a suspensorium; suspensory.
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suspensorial1871
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals iii. 136 In the Holocephali the palato-quadrate and suspensorial cartilages are united with one another and with the skull into a continuous cartilaginous plate.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 143 A comparatively minute pair of jaws are suspended at the end of a disproportionately large suspensorial structure.
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