Forceps
['fɔːseps;-sɪps] or ['fɔrsɛps]
Definition
(noun.) an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies).
Edited by Lester--From WordNet
Definition
(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 earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.
Edited by Joanne
Definition
n. a pair of tongs pincers or pliers for holding anything difficult to be held with the hand.—adj. For′cipāted formed and opening like a forceps.—n. Forcipā′tion torture by pinching with forceps.
Edited by Alta
Examples
- He held a forceps with some gauze in the end. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Either a high forceps delivery which can tear and be quite dangerous besides being possibly bad for the child, and a Caesarean. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He recognized me and waved a forceps. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In addition to the use of anaesthetics, improvements have been made in nearly every form of dental instruments, such as forceps, dental engines, pluggers, drills, hammers, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hammers (Fig. 102), tack-lifters, scissors, forceps, are important levers, and if you will notice how many different levers (fig. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The major was unhooking the forceps now, dropping them in a basin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The danger is not so great as in a high forceps delivery. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Samantha