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Definition of Retracted
1. Adjective. Drawn back and in. "A cat with retracted claws"
Definition of Retracted
1. Verb. (past of retract) ¹
2. Adjective. withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat ¹
3. Adjective. (linguistics) (''of a sound'') pronounced further back in the vocal tract ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retracted
1. retract [v] - See also: retract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retracted
Literary usage of Retracted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"ably, and the nipple, which was very much retracted, is now much less so. ...
To the congenital, or naturally retracted nipple, I shall not allude, ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"3 Periosteum and muscles retracted; electric saw used to cut through the bases
of the spinous processes. Fig. 4. Flap containing spinous processes and their ..."
3. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1851)
"... but without entering into any discussion on the merits of the things to be
retracted, he replied : " I will appear as soon as I have a safe-conduct. ..."
4. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"Should they have been cut too short, the soft parts must be forcibly retracted,
the bone cleared by circular sweeps of the knife, and sawn as Fig. 22. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"I found him in the general ward with head somewhat retracted and stiffened.
His expression was that of one suffering pain. The eyes, pupils and ocular ..."
6. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Animalcule pyriform, attached posteriorly by a pedicle which equals its body in
length, occupying, when retracted, about one-third of the interior of the ..."
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