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Definition: Retractor |
RetractorNoun1. Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Instrument used to stretch the animal's legs apart, during the skinning and splitting operations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | Three-point sliding loop-automatic (retractor or inertia reel). Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | An instrument designed for pulling aside tissues to improve exposure at operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Retractor |
| English words defined with "retractor": Retinaculum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "retractor": inertia reel. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Retractor" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (retractor). |
| "Retractor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retractor" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
retractor | 15 |
bookwalter retractor | 4 |
belt retractor seat | 4 |
license plate retractor | 3 |
cable retractor | 3 |
cheek retractor | 3 |
lone retractor star | 3 |
mammary retractor | 3 |
blade bookwalter retractor | 2 |
dental retractor | 2 |
cord retractor | 2 |
hilo retractor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "retractor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كامشة جهاز طبي, الضام (adder, joining, uniting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свивателен мускул. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 翻悔者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retraktor, spredehage, sprededilatator (dilator), sideholder (steady arm), selvholdende spekulum, selvholdende hage, saarhage, dilatator (dilator, dilator of pupil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retractor, wondhaak, sperhaak, sperder, oprolmechanisme, dilatatorium (dilator), dilatator (dilator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétracteur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Retraktor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσπειρωτήρας, διαστολεύς (dilator), διαχωριστής (separator, slicer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riavvolgitore, retrattore (dilator), estensore (eyelid forceps), divaricatore per ferite, divaricatore (diverter), dilatatore chirurgico (dilator), dilatatore (dilator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etractorray retractor, músculo retrator, dilatador (dilator), afastador (dilator). (various references) сократительная мышца. (various references) retractor. (various references) yara ağzını açık tutan alet, geri çekme kası, fleksör kas (flexor). (various references) скорочувальний м'яз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "retractor": retractors. (additional references) | |
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"Retractor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: retrocon, ritratto. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "retractor" (pronounced 'Re*tract"or'): Acceptor, Assertor, Assessor, Assistor, Assizor, Attractor, Chantor, Circumventor, Co-assessor, Collector, Compressor, Conductor, Confessor, Conjector, Connector, Consignor, Constrictor, constructor, Contractor, Contradictor, Conveyor, Corrector, Countor, Cruor, Debtor, Decolor, Deflector, Deforceor, Devisor, Duressor, Embraceor, Encolor, Escheator, flexor, grantor, ignitor, inductor, inspector, instructor, INVENTOR, investor, Mainor, Maintainor, manor, mayor, Miscolor, misdemeanor, Nonconductor, Objector, Oppressor. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-r-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: retroact. | |
-2 letters: creator, reactor, retract, tractor. | |
-3 letters: carrot, carter, coater, cottae, cottar, cotter, crater, ratter, rector, retort, roarer, rotate, rotter, tarter, terror, tracer, trocar. | |
-4 letters: actor, carer, caret, carte, cater, corer, cotta, crate, crore, error, oater, ocrea, octet, orate, ottar, otter, racer, rarer, rater, react, recta, recto, retro, rotte, tacet, taroc, tarot, tarre, tater. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-r-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: retractors. | |
+2 letters: carburettor. | |
+3 letters: carburettors, orchestrater, orchestrator. | |
+4 letters: orchestraters, orchestrators, refractometer, refractometry, reorchestrate. | |
+5 letters: intercorporate, intercorrelate, macrostructure, refractometers, refractometric, reorchestrated, reorchestrates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 72 61 63 74 6F 72 |
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