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What is a retractor?

What is a retractor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One who, or that which, retracts.
  2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
  3. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
  4. (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
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The surgeon removes the triangular retractor and reverses the pneumoperitoneum, evacuating as much carbon dioxide as possible.
On the day of the experiment, the shell was opened, the anterior byssus retractor muscle was exposed, and the pedal ganglia removed.
In particular, they noted that modem patelloid limpets have segmented scars due to bundling of the large retractor muscle.
The surgeon makes the skin incision and places a self-retaining retractor to open the surgical wound.
The fourth step is to emphasize the retractor muscles of the scapula and to correct any forward-head posture.
For instance, a retractor can keep a console model away from a strobe or electric scooter.

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