Medical term:
tenaculum
tenaculum
[tĕ-nak´u-lum]a sharp hooklike surgical instrument with two or more prongs, used for grasping and holding tissues or a part.
Tenaculum. From Dorland's, 2000.
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te·nac·u·lum
, pl.te·nac·u·la
(tĕ-nak'yū-lŭm, -lă),A surgical clamp designed to hold or grasp tissue during dissection, commonly used to grasp the cervix.
[L. a holder, fr. teneo, to hold]
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tenaculum
(tə-năk′yə-ləm)n. pl. tenacu·la (-lə)
A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery.
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tenaculum
AnatomyA fibrotendinous component of a flexor or extensor retinaculum.
Surgery
A thin, hooked clamp used to retract tissues away from an operative field, or to grasp tissue to hold it in place.
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tenaculum
Surgical anatomy A fibrotendinous component of a flexor or extensor retinaculum Surgery A thin hooked clamp used to retract tissues away from an operative fieldMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
te·nac·u·lum
, pl. tenacula (tĕ-nak'yū-lŭm, -lă)A surgical clamp designed to hold or grasp tissue during dissection.
[L. a holder, fr. teneo, to hold]
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