tenaculum

Definitions

1. A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
2. A hapteron or holdfast.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a recognized procedure in those days (and is resorted to still), when all medical, electrical, and other remedial measures had failed to relieve a furious neuralgia, for the surgeon to cut⟳ down upon the nerve-trunk, free it from its surrounding attachments, and, slipping his tenaculum or finger under it, stretch⟳ the nerve with a considerable degree of force⟳.”

“Additional tenaculums are placed laterally to maintain⟳ control⟳ Within the bounds of the broad ligaments and yet allow⟳ maximum feasible removal.”

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