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Definition of: tenaculum
(ti·nak′yə·ləm) noun plural ·la (-lə) Surg.
A hooked instrument for seizing and holding parts of the body, as arteries, during surgical operations. [<LL, holder <L tenax, tenacis. See TENACIOUS.]
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