RETRACTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("retractor" is a kind of...):

surgical instrument (a medical instrument used in surgery)

Derivation:

retract (use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ))

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