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tenaculum
[ tuh-nak-yuh-luhm ]
noun
, plural te·nac·u·la [t, uh, -, nak, -y, uh, -l, uh].
- Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- Entomology. a clasplike appendage on the abdomen of a springtail, which holds the springing device in place.
tenaculum
/ tɪˈnækjʊləm /
noun
- a surgical or dissecting instrument for grasping and holding parts, consisting of a slender hook mounted in a handle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tenaculum1
1685–95; < Latin tenāculum instrument for gripping, equivalent to ten ( ēre ) to hold + -ā- (from v. stems ending in -ā-; gubernaculum ) + -culum -cule 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tenaculum1
C17: from Late Latin, from Latin tenēre to hold
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Example Sentences
The patient is in the lithotomy position, the speculum is passed and the cervix pulled down by a tenaculum.
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Nasal polyps were to be grasped with a sharp tenaculum, cum tenacillis acutis, and either wholly or partially extracted.
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Soft polyps should be drawn out with a toothed tenaculum as far as can be without risk of breaking them off.
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