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te⋅nac⋅u⋅lum

  [tuh-nak-yuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
1. Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
2. Entomology. a clasplike appendage on the abdomen of a springtail, which holds the springing device in place.
Origin:
1685–95; < L tenāculum instrument for gripping, equiv. to ten(ēre) to hold + -ā- (from v. stems ending in -ā-; see gubernaculum ) + -culum -cule 2
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te·nac·u·lum   (tə-nāk'yə-ləm)   
n.   pl. te·nac·u·la (-lə)
A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery.

[Late Latin tenāculum, holder, from Latin tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: te·nac·u·lum
Pronunciation: t&-'nak-y&-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural te·nac·u·la /-"l&/ or te·nac·u·lums
: a slender sharp-pointed hook attached to a handle and used mainly insurgery for seizing and holding parts (as arteries)
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tenaculum te·nac·u·lum (tə-nāk'yə-ləm)
n. pl. te·nac·u·la (-lə)
A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery.

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