forceps : Idioms & Phrases
Dressing forceps
- a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
Webster 1913
forceps delivery
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noun 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
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lion-jaw forceps
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noun a type of forceps
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mouse-tooth forceps
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noun a type of forceps
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Weeding forceps
- an instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.
