Definitions for tenaculum

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tenaculum te·nac·u·lum

Spelling: [tuh-nak-yuh-luh m]

IPA: /təˈnæk yə ləm/

Tenaculum is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in tenaculum (acelmntuu).

Definitions for tenaculum

noun

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 of tenaculum

1685-95; Latin tenāculum instrument for gripping, equivalent to ten(ēre) to hold + -ā- (from v. stems ending in -ā-; see gubernaculum) + -culum Examples for tenaculum

The patient is in the lithotomy position, the speculum is passed and the cervix pulled down by a tenaculum.