- Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- Entomology. a clasplike appendage on the abdomen of a springtail, which holds the springing device in place.
Examples from the Web for tenaculum
The patient is in the lithotomy position, the speculum is passed and the cervix pulled down by a tenaculum.
- a surgical or dissecting instrument for grasping and holding parts, consisting of a slender hook mounted in a handle