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adj. - Serving to support or prolong.

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Usage examples (10)
  • sustentacular cells
  • In accordance with this manner of feeding, the mouth is kept permanently open and prevented from collapsing by a pair of skeletal cornua belonging to a sustentacular...
  • At the level of the inner nuclear layer each sustentacular fiber contains a clear oval nucleus.
  • From the spongioblasts the sustentacular fibers of Müller, the outer and inner limiting membranes, together with the groundwork of the molecular layers of the retina are...
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