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RETRAHENS

\ɹɪtɹˈahənz], \ɹɪtɹˈahənz], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈa_h_ə_n_z]\

Definitions of RETRAHENS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Applied to muscle accomplishing retraction of the ear.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

r[=e]'tr[=a]-henz, n. (anat.) a muscle which draws the ear backward.--adj. R[=E]'TR[=A]HENT.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Retracting, drawing back; as a n. m., a retractor muscle.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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