retractors

Meaning of retractors

noun
  1. One who, or that which, retracts.
  2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
  3. A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
  4. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
  5. A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
  6. A muscle serving to draw in any part.

Information about retractors

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of retractors is: retractor.
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Hyphenation of retractors

re-trac-tors

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • retractors is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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