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
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. © 1997-2024.
|
|
|