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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenaculum /tɪˈnakjʊləm/

▶noun (pl. tenacula /-lə/) a sharp hook used by a surgeon for picking up the ends of arteries and other small pieces of tissue.

– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘holder, holding instrument’.

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