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sustentacular

[ suhs-tuhn-tak-yuh-ler ]

adjective

, Anatomy.


sustentacular

/ ˌsʌstɛnˈtækjʊlə /

adjective

  1. anatomy (of fibres, cells, etc) supporting or forming a support
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sustentacular1

1885–90; < New Latin sustentācul ( um ) a support ( Latin sustentā ( re ), frequentative of sustinēre to sustain + -culum -cule 2 ) + -ar 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sustentacular1

C19: from Latin sustentāculum a stay, from sustentāre to support, from sustinēre to sustain
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Example Sentences

Molecular signals indicating that the ACE2 protein was going to be made were found in nose support cells, including sustentacular cells, the researchers found.

Increase in size following emergence from hibernation may be due in part to proliferation of the sustentacular cytoplasm.

The sustentacular cytoplasm has a less compact arrangement in late May than in April.

Sperm are present in small groups within the sustentacular cytoplasm, but ordinarily are absent in the lumina.

The lumina are filled with cellular detritus and are no longer bordered by a clear ring of sustentacular cytoplasm.

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