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clamp

n :  any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something : esp  :  an instrument used to hold, compress, or crush vessels and hollow organs and to aid in surgical excision of parts
vt :  to fasten with or as if with a clamp <the ligaments are ed as usual and all excess stump is cut off flush with the hysterectomy clamp -R. C. Long>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:   clump 

 
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