retractor
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktə/
- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Noun
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
a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) retractor
References
- 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
Adjective
retractor (feminine retractora, masculine plural retractores, feminine plural retractoras)
Noun
retractor m (plural retractores)
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- Rhymes:English/æktə(ɹ)
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