Suspensorium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suspensorium \Sus`pen*so"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Suspensoria}. [NL.]
     (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.


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