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sustentation (medicine)


sustentation


1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.

2. <physiology> The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund, a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.

Origin: L. Sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. Sustentare to support, maintain, v. Intens. Fr. Sustinere to sustain: cf. F. Sustentation. See Sustain.

Source: Websters Dictionary