Usually means: Supports or suspends an organ.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word suspensory:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. suspensory: Merriam-Webster
  2. suspensory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suspensory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. suspensory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. suspensory: Vocabulary.com
  6. suspensory: Wordnik
  7. suspensory: Wiktionary
  8. suspensory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. suspensory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. suspensory: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. suspensory: Dictionary.com
  12. Suspensory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Suspensory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. suspensory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. suspensory: Rhymezone
  16. Suspensory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. suspensory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. suspensory: FreeDictionary.org
  19. suspensory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. suspensory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. suspensory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. suspensory: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suspensory)

adjective:  Held in suspension.
adjective:  Holding in suspension.
adjective:  Suspensive.
adjective:  Doubtful.
noun:  Something that suspends.
noun:  (anatomy) The suspensory ligament.
noun:  (medicine) A kind of bandage.
noun:  (sports) A jockstrap.

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