1) Aid in deliveries 2) Delivery aid 3) Extractor 4) Gripping tool for mushrooms 5) Medical implement 6) Medical tool 7) Pincers 8) Surgical instrument 9) Surgical pincers 10) Surgical tongs
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1) Tongs
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A special medical pliers with a ratchet-locking action that are useful in removing a hook from a fish. These slim-nosed pliers are readily available in a number of lengths and sizes. Check a local medical supply.
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hand-operated medical instrument widely used in fly fishing to remove flies from the jaws of a hooked fish; feature pliers-like jaws with locking clips so that once they are clamped to the hook, they stay there until released.
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• (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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(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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A pair of hollow blades, rather like large salad servers, which are placed either side of the baby's head to assist with the birth. When this happens, it is known as a forceps delivery.
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Forceps are instruments used in dentistry for grasping holding firmly and applying pressure to objects. In oral surgery exodonita forceps are used to remove a tooth forcefully and transfer forceps are used to safely move instruments from the sterilizer to the tray.
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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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(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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A surgical tool that looks like a pair of salad servers, used to gently ease your baby's head down the birth canal.
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A pincer like instrument designed to grasp an object so that it can be held firm or pulled.
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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 wo...
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hand operated medical instrument widely used in fly-fishing to remove flies from the jaws of a hooked fish. Have pliers-like jaws with locking clips so that once they are clamped to the hook, they stay there until you release them.
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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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hand operated medical instrument widely used in fly-fishing to remove flies from the jaws of a hooked fish. Have pliers-like jaws with locking clips so that once they are clamped to the hook, they stay there until you release them.
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Forceps is a general name for a two-bladed instrument on the principle of pincers or tongs, used for seizing and holding, and for extracting objects, which it would be impracticable thus to treat with the fingers. Such instruments are used by watchmakers and jewellers in delicate operations, by dentists in forcibly extracting teeth, for grasping an...
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are a pair of metal instruments which look a bit like large spoons and can be fitted around a baby’s head to enable a doctor to turn and/or pull the baby out. See also Assisted birth
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instruments resembling tweezers that are used to handle objects or tissue during surgery
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noun an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
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a tool for picking up small insect or arachnid specimens; tweezers.
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A special medical pliers with a ratchet-locking action that are useful in removing a hook from a fish. These slim-nosed pliers are readily available in a number of lengths and sizes. Check a local medical supply.
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hand operated medical instrument widely used in fly-fishing to remove flies from the jaws of a hooked fish. Have plier-like jaws with locking clips so that once they are clamped to the hook, they stay there until you release them.
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An obstetrical instrument which helps to lift out the baby's head.
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an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations. · a part or feature resembling a forceps, esp. a pair of appendages at the posterior of certain insects.
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