forceps

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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

Instead, treatment involves removing the visible eggs and larvae from the wound with forceps and applying a larvae-targeting pesticide.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025

The pulmonologist sent a fibreoptic bronchoscope - a tiny camera with forceps - down her airway.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

A cutdown involves an incision, then the use of forceps to pull tissue away from an interior vein.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

I want ancient tomes that I have to handle with forceps and rubber gloves.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez