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What does retraction mean?

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Noun
  1. An act or instance of retracting.
  2. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
  3. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
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In addition, an intra-operative lumbar spinal drain was used to facilitate atraumatic dural elevation and temporal lobe retraction.
The difference between the two suborders of turtles is the method of head retraction.
I went ballistic and fired off a letter demanding a retraction of the fees.
The Register has shamed itself by printing this and should publish an immediate retraction.
Simultaneously, the actin bundles within filopodia disappear, followed by retraction of these surface extensions.
In addition there has been a retraction of the domestic market which has led the company to make a decision to exit the market entirely.

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