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sustentacular

sustentacular adjective: serving to support or sustain.

Adjective

sustentacular (not comparable)

  1. Serving to support or sustain.
    • A sustentacular tissue
    • 1998 [Kluwer Academic], Julian Lombardi, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction, 1998, Softcover reprint, Springer, page 122,
      During spermiogenesis, the highly specialized sustentacular cells provide support and protection during the transformative process.

Origin of sustentacular

See sustenance.

Questions about sustentacular

What does sustentacular mean?
Sustentacular means serving to support or sustain.
What part of speech is sustentacular?
Sustentacular is an adjective.

Words near sustentacular in the dictionary

  1. sustenances
  2. sustenation
  3. sustentacle
  4. sustentacles
  5. sustentacula
  6. sustentacular
  7. sustentaculum
  8. sustentaculums
  9. sustentate
  10. sustentated
  11. sustentates

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