divaricator

/D IH0 V EH1 R AH0 K EY0 T ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    (medicine) A surgical device for spreading the surroundings and holding open the area in which one is operating.

  2. 2

    (zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.

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