suspensory ligament

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noun Anatomy.

any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.

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First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of suspensory ligament

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby suspensory ligament

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That night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
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Weeks later, doctors reexamined the shoulder and found a partial ligament tear, she said.
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Daniel Webster said justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
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That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.
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A ceratohyal then is attached posteriorly to the hypohyal and a stylohyal ligament is attached to each ceratohyal posteriorly.
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His eyes shone, his chin was thrust forward, every ligament in his body was strung taut.
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If the ligament of a gaping bivalve should become dry and stiff, it can be softened by putting it in water.
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When bivalves gape on dying in water, or if the ligament be broken, the valves should be closed and tied together.
Our British Snails|John William Horsley
Care should be taken not to injure the edge or lip of the mouth of univalves, or the ligament of the hinge of bivalves.
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