retractors
Tissue-holding surgical tools
Retractors are surgical instruments used to hold back tissue or organs, giving surgeons access to the area being operated on.
The term also refers to muscles that pull a body part backward or inward—the opposite of protractors.
More broadly, a retractor is anyone or anything that retracts: The company became a retractor of its earlier promises.
Controlled cut into tissue
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- exposureState of being unprotected
Balfour · Richardson · abdominal · handheld · malleable · ribbon · specula · thyroid
Audacity or facial side
Minnesota · Austin · mouth mirror · soft tissue · flap · oral surgery · implant · extraction
Study of organism structure
- muscleContractile body tissue
- agonistReceptor-binding trigger molecule
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- scapulaPosterior thoracic bone
shoulder · protractors · rhomboids · trapezius · contraction · movement · posterior · biomechanics
Recoiling metal spiral
- coilWound circular arrangement
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
badge holder · seatbelt · cord · automatic · extension · tension · housing · keychain
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- correctionFixing of mistakes
denial · reversal · admission · recant · walk back · disclaimer · published · editorial
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
Balfour · Richardson · exposure · abdominal · handheld · malleable · ribbon · specula · thyroid · mastoid
cheek
Audacity or facial side
gingival · Minnesota · Austin · mouth mirror · soft tissue · flap · oral surgery · implant · extraction · mucosa
anatomy
Study of organism structure
- muscleContractile body tissue
- agonistReceptor-binding trigger molecule
- antagonistOne who opposes another
scapula · shoulder · protractors · rhomboids · trapezius · contraction · movement · posterior · biomechanics · kinesiology
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
reel · badge holder · seatbelt · cord · automatic · extension · tension · housing · keychain · lanyard
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
correction · denial · reversal · admission · recant · walk back · disclaimer · published · editorial · erratum
- grippersclaw, claws, pincer, pincers, gripper
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- forensic equipmentevidence bags, fingerprint kit, fingerprint powder, luminol, black light
- surgical suppliesscalpels, scalpel, forceps, clamps, hemostats
- OB-GYN toolsspeculum, forceps, curette, dilator, colposcope
- sterilizationsterilization, autoclaving, autoclave, disinfecting, sanitizing
retractorscompressors
Volume-reducing machines
closers · clamps · presses · squeezers · constrictors
retractorsaffirmers
Those who assert positively
maintainers · confirmers · defenders · proclaimers · declarers