retractor

retractor is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, retracts. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, retracts.
2. noun. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
3. noun. An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
4. noun. A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
5. noun. A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
6. noun. surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision

Common word forms

retractors

Words from these letters

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