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Definition of Tenaculum
1. n. An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Definition of Tenaculum
1. Noun. A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenaculum
1. a hooked surgical instrument [n -LA or -LUMS]
Medical Definition of Tenaculum
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Origin: L, a holder, fr. Tenere to hold. Cf. Tenaille.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenaculum
Literary usage of Tenaculum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Gynecology: A Comprehensive Text-book for Students and Physicians by Edward Emmet Montgomery (1903)
"The assistant upon the operator's left holds the tenaculum in the anterior lip
and controls ... The posterior lip is held by the weight of the tenaculum. ..."
2. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"Double tenaculum.—A double tenaculum is often of great assistance in bringing
the uterus within reach of ... Double tenaculum l>een thoroughly disinfected. ..."
3. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"Sims a tenaculum. . curved scissors (rig. 75) a strip is removed all around the
fistula, extending from the mucous membrane of the bladder out upon the ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"The fundus is then grasped by a tenaculum forceps about midway between the ...
The placing of this tenaculum forceps not only permits the operator to draw ..."
5. A Practical Manual of Gynaecology by George Rinaldo Southwick (1888)
"1 Emmet's tenaculum. 1 Sims' tenaculum. FIG. 72. FIG 73. ... 1 heavy tenaculum
of solid steel, short hook and heavy shank, 1 long mouse-toothed forceps. ..."
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