noun Etymology: New Latin sustentaculum supporting part, from Latin, prop, from sustentare Date: 1901 a supporting epithelial cell (as a Sertoli cell or a cell of the olfactory epithelium) that lacks a specialized function (as nerve-impulse conduction)
SUSTENTACULAR CELL
Meaning of SUSTENTACULAR CELL in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012