"retractor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹæktɚ/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈtɹæktə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-retractor.wav Forms: retractors [plural]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Etymology: From retract + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retract|or}} retract + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} retractor (plural retractors)
  1. One who, or that which, retracts.
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-nmAhZUQZ Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 19 7 3 1 11 24 24 1
  2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-Vz3OxqIV Disambiguation of Surgery: 11 44 5 4 20 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 27 14 12 6 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 17 31 12 14 7 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 31 21 10 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 19 7 3 1 11 24 24 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 36 12 11 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 22 32 12 14 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 34 11 16 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 37 12 11 4 18
  3. (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome. Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-a-A4LUrl Topics: board-games, chess, games
  4. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound. Translations (a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound): levitin (Finnish), retraktor (Indonesian), hak (Indonesian), retrator [masculine] (Portuguese), retraktör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-oLrm2EUt Disambiguation of 'a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound': 1 3 1 88 4 2
  5. A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-EYVR4Fgc
  6. (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-retractor-en-noun-9JYbmgJv Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 19 7 3 1 11 24 24 1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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