Suspensory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Supporting or suspending: a suspensory bandage.
  • adj. Delaying completion.
  • n. A support or truss.
  • n. An athletic supporter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Held in suspension.
  • adj. Holding in suspension.
  • adj. Suspensive.
  • n. Something that suspends.
  • n. Specifically the suspensory ligament
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Suspended; hanging; depending.
  • adj. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
  • n. That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In anatomy and zoology, adapted or serving to suspend a part or organ; suspending; suspensorial: as, the cremaster is a suspensory muscle; the quadrate is a suspensory bone.
  • In surgery, forming a special kind of sling, in which an injured or diseased part is suspended: as, a suspensory bandage or belt for the scrotum in orchitis.
  • Suspending; causing interruption or delay; staying effect or operation: as, a suspensory proposal.
  • n. A suspensory muscle, ligament, bone, or bandage; a suspensorium.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bandage    patch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    suspended    hanging    depending    suspending   
    Same Context
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