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.
[1913 Webster]