Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sustentacular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sus-ten-tac-u-lar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to support or sustain.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Normal paraganglionic tissue contains two types of cell: chief or type I cells, which are neuroendocrine cells, and sustentacular or type II cells, which are not neuroendocrine, but contain S-100 protein."
"The sustentacular facet is anteroposteriorly elongate and, in some specimens, achieves very broad contact with the navicular facet, while in others only with the cuboid facet."

Etymology

See sustenance.

Questions

What does sustentacular mean?: Serving to support or sustain.
Where does sustentacular come from?: See sustenance.

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