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Noun
  1. plural of retraction
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She was noted to have significant subcostal retractions for which she was given vaporized racemic epinephrine and dexamethasone intravenously once.
Some more affected children will have hoarseness, aphonia, and inspiratory retractions that are severe enough to cause chest wall deformity.
On examination, he was tachypneic with intercostal retractions and inspiratory stridor.
After discontinuation of propranolol, the patient had 2 more ED visits due to croupy cough and chest retractions.
He's been close to unflappable amid a storm of restatements, retractions, and inconsistencies.
We describe the case of a 20-month-old girl with a gastrostomy tube who presented with stridor, daily emesis, stertor, and mild neck retractions.

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