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Definition of "tenaculum" []

  • A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tenaculum" in a sentence
  • "“I have an instrument called a tenaculum to crack the sternum and to remove the ribs,” Goodsir said softly, “but I'm afraid I can't let you borrow it."
  • "After washing the cervix with antiseptic solution, the clinician will place a tenaculum a long-handled, slender instrument on the cervix."
  • "A small, heavy-toothed saw; scissors, three scalpels-round-bladed, straight-bladed, scoop-bladed; the silver blade of a tongue depressor, a tenaculum-"