suspensorium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
suspensorium (plural suspensoria)
- (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
Related terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “suspensorium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin suspendere (“hang up, suspend”), from sub- + pendere (“hang”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suspensorium n (singular definite suspensoriet, plural indefinite suspensorier)
Inflection edit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | suspensorium | suspensoriet | suspensorier | suspensorierne |
genitive | suspensoriums | suspensoriets | suspensoriers | suspensoriernes |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
suspensorium n (definite singular suspensoriet, indefinite plural suspensorier, definite plural suspensoria or suspensoriene)
References edit
- “suspensorium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “suspensorium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “suspensorium” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
suspensorium n (definite singular suspensoriet, indefinite plural suspensorium, definite plural suspensoria)
References edit
- “suspensorium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “suspensorium” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suspensorium n
Further reading edit
- suspensorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN