retractor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktə/
- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
retractor (plural retractors)
- One who, or that which, retracts.
- In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
- A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
- A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
- (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.
Translations[edit]
a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
retractor
References[edit]
- retractor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
retractor (feminine retractora, masculine plural retractores, feminine plural retractoras)
Noun[edit]
retractor m (plural retractores)
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