retractor

English

Etymology

retract +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktə/
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

retractor (plural retractors)

1. One who, or that which, retracts.
2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
3. (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
4. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
5. A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
6. (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.

Translations

a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound

• Portuguese: retrator m
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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) retractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of retractō

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)

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Spanish

Adjective

retractor (feminine retractora, masculine and feminine plural retractores)

1. retracting

Noun

retractor m (plural retractores)

1. retractor