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What is a tenaculum?

What is a tenaculum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
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A tenaculum or multitoothed grasper is placed through the tube and blade to grasp the tissue to the revolving blade.
He used the tenaculum without patient discomfort and obtained the needed tissue.
In each case, the tonsil was grasped in routine fashion with a tenaculum, and the TWF was applied to the mucosa above the superior pole of the tonsil.
The patient is in the lithotomy position, the speculum is passed and the cervix pulled down by a tenaculum.
Damage from a grasping volsellum or tenaculum to the anterior lip or forcible expansion with Hegar dilators to the cervical canal can be reduced by pre-operative preparation.
The physician should remove the insertion rod, then remove the insertion tube and the tenaculum.

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