Look up: forceps

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   forceps
   Latin, meaning: pincers, tongs
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   Forceps
   A pincer like instrument designed to grasp an object so that it can be held firm or pulled.
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   forceps
   [n] - an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
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   forceps
   The surgical instruments shaped like pincers or tongs.
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   Forceps
   instruments resembling tweezers that are used to handle objects or tissue during surgery
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   Forceps
   Forceps: An instrument with two blades and a handle used for handling, grasping, or compressing. Many types of forceps are employed in medicine, including the alligator forceps (an angled instrument with jaws at the end), tissue forceps (a form of tweezer), hemostatic forceps (also simply called a hemostat, to clamp a bleeding vessel), mosquito for ...
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   forceps
   an instrument whose blades are used for holding or compressing a tissue or object,or dressing material,and which may be modified for crushing,cutting or removing tissue Category: Medicine
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   Forceps
   For'ceps noun [ Latin forceps , -cipis , from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to English heave . Confer Furnace .] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operatio ...
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   forceps
   1. <instrument> A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. A pliers-like medical instrument used to g ...
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    forceps
    noun an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
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    Forceps
    `Forceps` are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task. The term forceps is used almost exclusively within the medical field. Outside medicine, people usually refer to forceps as tweezers, tongs, pliers, clips or clamps. The singular and plural form of forceps ...
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    forceps
    (for´seps) a two-bladed instrument with a handle, used for compressing or grasping tissues in surgical operations, handling sterile dressings, and other purposes.
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    Forceps
    • (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. • (n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of e...
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    forceps
    (from the article `parturition`) Obstetrical forceps are used in vaginal delivery to grasp the fetal head in order to extract the fetus or rotate it so that it is in a satisfactory ...
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