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RETRACTOR
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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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