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retractor

N ผู้ หวน รำลึกถึง ผู้ ย้อนกลับ ไป phu-huan-ram-luek-tung

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETRACTOR

RETRACTOR Re *tract "or, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: (a ) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b ) (Surg.)

Defn: An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation. (c ) (Surg.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation. (d ) (Anat. & Zoöl.)

Defn: A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolæmata.

New American Oxford Dictionary

retractor

re trac tor |riˈtraktər rəˈtræktər | ▶noun a device for retracting something: seat belts with automatic retractors. • (also retractor muscle ) chiefly Zoology a muscle serving to retract a part of the body. Compare with protractor.

Oxford Dictionary

retractor

re |tract ¦or |rɪˈtraktə | ▶noun a device for retracting something: seat belts with automatic retractors. • (also retractor muscle ) chiefly Zoology a muscle serving to retract a part of the body. Compare with protractor.

Spanish Dictionary

retracto

retracto nombre masculino Derecho que tiene una persona en ciertos casos para quedarse, por el mismo precio por el que ha sido vendida, una cosa adquirida por otra persona, o a recuperar una cosa vendida por ella misma :ejerció el retracto y se hizo con la propiedad del local .