suspensorium Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sus`pen*so"ri*um noun
Etymology
NL.
Wordforms
plural Suspensoria
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913