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suspensory

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suspensory \Sus*pen"so*ry\, a.
   1. Suspended; hanging; depending.

   2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory
      muscle. --Ray.

   3. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.

Suspensory \Sus*pen"so*ry\, n. [Cf. F. suspensoir, suspensoire.]
   That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically
   (Med.), a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

Source : WordNet®

suspensory
     n : a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant
         part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) [syn: {suspensory
         bandage}]
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