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forceps

[fawr-suhps, -seps] / ˈfɔr səps, -sɛps /
NOUN
pincers
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By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Never mind all the newborns rolled out and swaddled like Christmas tamales, or the forceps deliveries that resemble tooth extractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

I watch as a lab technician separates young shoots with a sterile scalpel and forceps.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Estimates vary but around 50% of people who have had babies experience some degree of prolapse and the use of forceps or a vacuum during birth increases the risk.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

“The danger is not so great as in a high forceps delivery.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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