Usually means: Instrument for grasping and holding.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word tenaculum:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. tenaculum: Merriam-Webster
  2. tenaculum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tenaculum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tenaculum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tenaculum: Wordnik
  6. tenaculum: Wiktionary
  7. tenaculum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tenaculum: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tenaculum: Dictionary.com
  10. Tenaculum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Tenaculum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. tenaculum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Tenaculum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. tenaculum: FreeDictionary.org
  15. tenaculum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. tenaculum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. tenaculum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. tenaculum: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tenaculum)

▸ noun:  A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.

Similar:
lancet, forceps, canthook, tack claw, toggle, skyhook, pair of tweezers, trepanner, pair of tongs, tang, more...

Phrases:
tenaculum forceps, more...

Adjectives:
double, toothed, cervical, single, uterine, small, sharp, second, ordinary, strong, blunt

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Similar:
lancet, forceps, canthook, tack claw, toggle, skyhook, pair of tweezers, trepanner, pair of tongs, tang, more...

Phrases:
tenaculum forceps, more...

Adjectives:
double, toothed, cervical, single, uterine, small, sharp, second, ordinary, strong, blunt



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