forceps

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for·ceps /ˈfɔːseps, -səps $ ˈfɔːr-/ noun [plural]

MHa medical instrument used for picking up and holding things 〔医用的〕钳子，镊子 a pair of forceps 一把镊子 →4 See picture of 见图 TOOL

Examples from the Corpus

forceps• In one patient the lesion was destroyed by hot biopsy forceps and further biopsy specimens were free from carcinoid infiltration.• They maintained that David's death had resulted from damage done by forceps before his birth.• They had to use high forceps.• In the bedroom Sir Richard Croft uses his instruments to bleed her and then muffles his forceps in cloth: does nothing.• He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles.• The women end up having more painkilling drugs and more interventions, such as the use of forceps or caesareans.• A satisfactory alternative or addition to biliary brush cytology is direct biopsy of the stricture using small forceps under fluoroscopic control.• For larger hooks, a good pair of curved surgical forceps can not be bettered.Origin forceps (1500-1600) Latin probably from formus “warm” + capere “to take”

for·ceps nounChineseSyllable

Corpus for picking a instrument medical up used

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forceps
for‧ceps /ˈfɔːseps, -səps $ ˈfɔːr-/