单词 | tenaculum |
释义 | tenaculumn. 1. a. Surgery. A species of forceps: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > forceps tenaclesc1400 tongsc1425 raven's bill1446 parrotbill1598 duck's bill1601 swan's bill1631 forceps1634 beaks1656 volsella1684 tenaculum1693 rostrum1722 crane's-bill1753 porte-aiguille1830 volsellum1851 vulsellum1863 iris-forceps1874 speculum forceps1875 bulldog forceps1880 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 197 Tenaculum, the same with Forceps. 1726 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 3) Tenacula,..a chirurgical Instrument, not much differing from the Forceps. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Tenaculum, Assalini's,..consists of a forceps, or double tenaculum. 1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Tenaculum, a variety of artery forceps for arresting hæmorrhage. b. See quot. 1842. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > hook crotchet1753 tenaculum1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1222/1 Tenaculum, a surgical instrument, consisting of a fine sharp-pointed hook, by which the mouths of bleeding arteries are seized and drawn out, so that in operations they may be secured by ligaments. 1860 J. M. Carnochan Operat. Surg. 62 These [arterial branches] are difficult to tie, even when picked up by the tenaculum. 2. Entomology. The abdominal process by which the springing organ is retained in the Poduridæ or spring-tails. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Apterygota or Ametabola > [noun] > order Collembola > genus Podura > process by which springing organ is retained tenaculum1878 1878 A. S. Packard Guide Study Insects (ed. 6) 622 The Collembola [are characterized] by their spring (elater), its holder (tenaculum) [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1693 |
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