One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically:
In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.)
An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolæmata.
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