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- Forceps - 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.
- Forceps - n. - The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.
- Labidometer - n. - A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.
- Rostrum - n. - A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
- Extractor - n. - A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.
- Cranioclasm - n. - The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.
- Forcipation - n. - Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.