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nounan extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)type of:
Definition that contains forceps
- lion-jaw forceps a type of forceps
- mouse-tooth forceps a type of forceps
- forcipate shaped like a forceps; deeply forked
- forceps delivery delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries