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What is the noun for retractions?

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retractor
  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.
  5. Examples:
    1. “In particular, they noted that modem patelloid limpets have segmented scars due to bundling of the large retractor muscle.”
      “The surgeon removes the triangular retractor and reverses the pneumoperitoneum, evacuating as much carbon dioxide as possible.”
      “The surgeon makes the skin incision and places a self-retaining retractor to open the surgical wound.”
retraction
  1. An act or instance of retracting.
  2. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
  3. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “After receiving evidence to the contrary, the journalist issued a retraction of her previously published article, acknowledging the inaccuracies in her statement.”
      “The politician's retraction of his previously made promise disappointed his supporters.”
      “Simultaneously, the actin bundles within filopodia disappear, followed by retraction of these surface extensions.”
retractive
  1. That which retracts or withdraws.
retractibility
  1. Alternative form of retractability
retractation
retractability
  1. The quality of being retractable.
retractility
  1. The quality of being retractile.
retractable
  1. A retractable pen.
retractations
retractables
  1. plural of retractable
retractions
  1. plural of retraction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A small fraction, consistent with one or two molecules of tip retractions, show clear sawtooth patterns in force.”
      “Some more affected children will have hoarseness, aphonia, and inspiratory retractions that are severe enough to cause chest wall deformity.”
      “On examination, she was noted to be sitting upright and breathing without tachypnea, retractions or stridor.”
retractives
  1. plural of retractive
retractors
  1. plural of retractor
  2. Examples:
    1. “Operating times were measured starting from the placement of the lid retractors to their removal at the end of the procedure.”
      “Easily visualizing the acetabulum, the surgeon places retractors, avoiding sciatic nerve injury.”
      “The surgeon and assistant protect the sciatic nerve with retractors while dividing the hip capsule, leaving all possible structures intact.”
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