retractor

English

Etymology

From retract +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɹæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) 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

• Finnish: levitin (fi)
• Indonesian: retraktor, hak (id)
• Portuguese: retrator m
• Turkish: retraktör

Latin

Verb

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)

Spanish

Adjective

retractor (feminine retractora, masculine plural retractores, feminine plural retractoras)

1. retracting

Noun

retractor m (plural retractores)

1. retractor