Category: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.