suspensories

Variant of suspensory

suspensory definition

sus·pen·sory (-sə rē)

adjective

  1. suspending, supporting, or sustaining a suspensory muscle or bandage
  2. suspending or delaying, esp. so as to leave something undecided

Etymology: < L suspensus (see suspense) + -ory

noun pl. suspensories -·ries

  1. a suspensory muscle or bandage
  2. a mesh fabric pouch for supporting the scrotum, on a band around the hips

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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