Look up: retract

1. retract
   [v] - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
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2. Retract
   Re·tract' (re*trākt') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Retracted ; present participle & verbal noun Retracting .] [ French rétracter , Latin retractare ...
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3. Retract
   Re·tract' intransitive verb 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. « She will, and she will not; she grants, denies...
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4. Retract
   Re·tract' noun (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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5. retract
   1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. ... 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. 'I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.' (Bp. Stillin...
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6. retract
   verb pull inward or towards a center; `The pilot drew in the landing gear`; `The cat retracted his claws`
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7. Retract
   • (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. • (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. • (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. &bull...
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8. Retract
   To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it.The retraction may be express, as when notice is given that...
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9. retract
   Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-trakt′ Definitions: 1. To shrink, draw back, or pull apart.
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10. retract
    Latin re = back, and tractum = pulled; hence, to pull something back, and retraction - the act of retracting.
    Found on http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/
    
    
11. Retract
    (group theory) In mathematics, in the field of group theory, a subgroup of a group is termed a retract if there is an endomorphism of the group that maps surjectively to the subgroup and is identity on the subgroup. In symbols, <math>H</math> is a retract of <math>G</math> if and ...
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