te·nac·u·lum (t -n k y-lm)n. pl. te·nac·u·la (-l ) A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery. [Late Latin ten  culum, holder, from Latin ten re, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
tenaculum [tɪˈnækjʊləm]
n pl -la [-lə]
(Medicine / Surgery) a surgical or dissecting instrument for grasping and holding parts, consisting of a slender hook mounted in a handle
[from Late Latin, from Latin tenēre to hold]
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