Definition of Retractors

1. Noun. (plural of retractor) ¹

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Definition of Retractors

1. retractor [n] - See also: retractor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retractors

retracted tongue root
retractible
retractile
retractilities
retractility
retracting
retraction
retraction fibre
retraction of publication
retraction syndrome
retractions
retractive
retractives
retractor
retractors (current term)
retracts
retrad
retrahens aurem
retraict
retraicts
retrain
retrainable
retrained
retrainee
retrainees
retrainer
retrainers
retraining
retrains

Literary usage of Retractors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgical and Gynaecological Nursing by Edward Mason Parker, Scott Dudley Breckinridge (1916)
"Exposing instruments: retractors. (1) Sharp hook retractors (Simon's, ... (5) Langenbeck's; (6) Freer'« retractors. is that of the dissecting forceps (Fig. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"The free muscles belong to two groups : (1) retractors of the hue- cal mass, ... The buccal and tentacle retractors, with the foot retractor or ..."

3. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Henry Meyners Bernard, Matilda Bernard, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"It gives off three subsidiary branches—(1) the retractor muscles of the optic and other tentacles ; (2) the retractors of the buccal mass ; (3) muscles ..."

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