Tenaculum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tenaculum is a noun meaning A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
Meaning
A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
More Meanings
- (biology) A hapteron or holdfast.
Example Sentences
Additional tenaculums are placed laterally to maintain control Within the bounds of the broad ligaments and yet allow maximum feasible removal.
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.
Word Forms
- tenacula
- tenaculums
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pincers, lancet, forceps, canthook, toggle, skyhook.
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