tenaculum
/tuh-nak-yuh-luhm/US // təˈnæk yə ləm //UK // (tɪˈnækjʊləm) //
榫头,榫卯结构,榫卯,榫槽
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural te·nac·u·la [tuh-nak-yuh-luh]. /təˈnæk yə lə/.
- : Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- : Entomology. a clasplike appendage on the abdomen of a springtail, which holds the springing device in place.
Examples
The patient is in the lithotomy position, the speculum is passed and the cervix pulled down by a tenaculum.
Nasal polyps were to be grasped with a sharp tenaculum, cum tenacillis acutis, and either wholly or partially extracted.
Soft polyps should be drawn out with a toothed tenaculum as far as can be without risk of breaking them off.
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