retractor
Wound-opening medical tool
A retractor is a surgical instrument used to hold back tissue or organs, giving surgeons a clear view of the operating area: The nurse handed the retractor to the surgeon.
More generally, anything that retracts—pulls back or withdraws—can be called a retractor, including muscles that draw body parts inward.
Precise surgical knife
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- speculumMedical opening device
- hemostatClamp stopping vessel flow
- clampDevice for holding tight
suture · incision · dissection · wound · tissue · exposure · laparotomy · cauterize
Movable ocular covering
- orbitCurved celestial path
- speculumMedical opening device
- lidRemovable container cover
- corneaEye's clear outer dome
cataract · vitrectomy · wire · scleral · irrigation · loupe · cannula · globe
Audacity or facial side
Minnesota · Austin · implant · extraction · oral · gingival · tissue · visibility
All sides unequal
- pectoralisAnterior thoracic muscle
- scapulaPosterior thoracic bone
- insertionPlacing something within
- originStarting point or source
tendon · anatomy · shoulder · thoracic · outlet · syndrome · nerve · compression
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- reversalComplete change of direction
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
correction · admission · walkback · disclaimer · amendment · renunciation · repudiation · denial
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
clamp · suture · incision · dissection · wound · tissue · exposure · laparotomy · cauterize · drainage
eyelid
Movable ocular covering
cornea · cataract · vitrectomy · wire · scleral · irrigation · loupe · cannula · globe · exposure
cheek
Audacity or facial side
flap · Minnesota · Austin · implant · extraction · oral · gingival · tissue · visibility · access
scalene
All sides unequal
- pectoralisAnterior thoracic muscle
- scapulaPosterior thoracic bone
- insertionPlacing something within
origin · tendon · anatomy · shoulder · thoracic · outlet · syndrome · nerve · compression · brachial
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- reversalComplete change of direction
apology · correction · admission · walkback · disclaimer · amendment · renunciation · repudiation · denial · backtrack
- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, surgical table
- mechanical partsgears, levers, pulleys, bearings, springs
- medical toolsstethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, catheter, reflex hammer
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- medical instrumentsscalpel, forceps, needle, catheter, lancet
- seatbelt partsseatbelt, buckle, latch, tongue, webbing
retractorextender
Thing that adds length
extensor · dilator · expander · protractor · pusher
retractoraffirmer
One who declares positively
maintainer · publisher · proclaimer · asserter · declarer
- retractable roofMovable overhead covering
- retractable leashSelf-winding pet tether
- retractable clawsNails that withdraw into paws
- retractable penSelf-sheathing writing instrument
- retractable cordCable with automatic rewind
- retractable bladeEdge that retracts into handle
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