suspensory(n = noun.artifact) suspensory bandage - a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast);
is a kind of bandage, patch
1. Suspended; hanging; depending. [1913 Webster]
2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray. [1913 Webster]
3. Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. [1913 Webster]
That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss [1913 Webster]
suspensory, adj. (of a ligament, muscle, bandage, etc.) holding an organ etc. suspended.
Etymology:
F suspensoire (as SUSPENSION)