Suspensorium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Suspensorium is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Example Sentences
fish suspensorium
Word Forms
- suspensoria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suspensory, sustentaculum, siphonium, tentorium, surangular, maxilla.
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