retractor

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

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 A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
4. noun A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
5. noun A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
6. noun A muscle serving to draw in any part.

Similar words

spool spacer retracter rewinder recliner retrier replier retier retrencher protractor

Often followed by

is muscles muscle and of penis bulbi to in

Word family

retractors