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Retractor
Meaning
Noun
●
One who, or that which, retracts.
●
In Surgery:
In
breech-loading
firearms
, a
device
for
withdrawing
a
cartridge
shell
from the barrel.
●
In Chess:
A
chess
puzzle
in which
a number of
moves
are
retracted
and the
solver
is
challenged
to
reach
an
alternate
outcome.
●
In Surgery:
A
surgical
instrument
used to
hold
apart the
edges
of an
incision
or wound.
●
In Surgery:
A
bandage
to
protect
soft
parts
of the body from
injury
by a
surgical
saw.
●
In Zoology & Surgery:
A
muscle
serving
to
draw in
any part.
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Origin
retractor
English
-or
English
retract
English
retractum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Acter
Actor
Factor
Exacter
Enacter
Reacter
Reactor
Enactor
Exactor
Tractor
Impactor
Overactor
Retractor
Compacter
Compactor
Extractor
Abstracter
Abstractor
Interactor
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Overreactor
Counteracter
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