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SUSPENSORY

Dictionary entry overview: What does suspensory mean?

• SUSPENSORY (noun)
The noun SUSPENSORY has 1 sense:

1. a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)

Familiarity information: SUSPENSORY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUSPENSORY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

suspensory; suspensory bandage

Hypernyms ("suspensory" is a kind of...):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

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