RETRACTOR


Meaning of RETRACTOR in English

noun one who, or that which, retracts.

2. retractor ·noun an instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

3. retractor ·noun a bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.

4. retractor ·noun in breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.

5. retractor ·noun a muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. ·see ·illust. under phylactolaemata.

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