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retractor

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
retractor/rɪˈtraktə/

▶noun

1 a device for retracting something.

2 (also retractor muscle) chiefly Zoology a muscle serving to retract a part of the body. Compare with protractor.

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