RETRACTOR
\ɹɪtɹˈaktə], \ɹɪtɹˈaktə], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of RETRACTOR
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One who, or that which, retracts.
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In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
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An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
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A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
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A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
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One who, or that which, retracts.
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In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
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An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
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A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
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A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
By Noah Webster.
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Applied to muscles accomplishing retraction. An instrument used in surgical operations.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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