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extractor
[ek-strak´ter]an instrument for pulling out a body part, foreign body, or calculus.
basket extractor a device for removal of calculi from the upper urinary tract, consisting of a network of filaments on a catheter that is passed into the ureter through a ureteroscope; the filaments surround the calculus and snare it so that it is withdrawn when the catheter is withdrawn.
vacuum extractor a device to assist delivery consisting of a metal traction cup that is attached to the fetus' head; negative pressure is applied and traction is made on a chain passed through the suction tube.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ex·trac·tor
(eks-trak'tŏr, tōr),Instrument for use in drawing or pulling out any natural part, as a tooth, or a foreign body.
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ex·trac·tor
(eks-traktŏr)Instrument for use in drawing or pulling out any natural part, as a tooth, or a foreign body.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
ex·trac·tor
(eks-traktŏr)Instrument for use in drawing or pulling out any natural part, as a tooth, or a foreign body.
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