from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An instrument resembling a pair of pincers or tongs, used for grasping, manipulating, or extracting, especially such an instrument used by a surgeon.
- n. A pincerlike pair of movable appendages at the posterior end of the abdomen in certain insects, such as earwigs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers. (With singular or plural concord.)
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An instrument, such as pincers or tongs, used for seizing, holding, or moving objects which it would be impracticable to manipulate with the fingers.
- n. In zoology and anatomy, some part or process of the body like a forceps; any forcipate organ.
- n. See the qualifying words.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
-- Expansile forceps for the endoscopic removal of hollow foreign bodies such as intubation tubes, tracheal cannulae, caps, and cartridge shells.] _Screw forceps_.
That Australian lilt to a sentence is annoying as well and the word subjective should be removed with forceps from the minds of stupid people (except me) 1: 06 PM hatfield girl said ...
Some persons use the word forceps for tweezers, but in this book, forceps are instruments for taking out a tooth.
It is not questioned that the forceps was the secret that his ancestors and he himself employed so long and so profitably.
As the first grasp of the forceps is the best, it should be well planned beforehand so as to seize the proper part of the intruder.
The webs may be broken by the insertion of a closed alligator forceps, which is then withdrawn with opened blades.
The operation is carried out under local anaesthetic using the most cost-effective technique, known as the forceps method, at a cost of $40 (£26) for each patient.
Especially if doctors use mechanical interventions, such as forceps, vacuum extraction or episiotomy, vaginal delivery can increase the risk of lasting problems like gas and urinary incontinence.
The most intriguing new forms of play for the Wii include titles like Trauma Center , a game ported from the Nintendo DS in which you perform surgery -- including, in a lovely use of the Wii's remote, a "forceps" that you wield by squeezing the top button and trigger at the same time.
The kits include all the basic medical equipment necessary for small hospital such as forceps, scalpels, a microscope, and tables as well as a small generator and basic lighting for the operating theatre.