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Word: Tenaculum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘holder, holding instrument’, from tenere ‘to hold’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tɪˈnakjʊləm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sharp hook used by a surgeon for picking up small pieces of tissue such as the ends of arteries.
Short Definition:sharp hook used by surgeon for picking up small pieces of tissue such as ends of arteries
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