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retractor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈtɹæktɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈtɹæktə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From retract + -or.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, retracts.
  2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
  3. 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. A muscle serving to draw in any part.

Forms

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Translations (5)

id retraktor (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound) · fi levitin (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound) · pt retrator (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound) · tr retraktör (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound) · id hak (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound)