surgical forceps

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• Forceps — Plastic forceps are intended to be disposable. Forceps or forcipes are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at …   Wikipedia

• Forceps in childbirth — Intervention ICD 9 CM 72.0 72.4 Forceps are a surgical instrument that resembles a pair of tongs and …   Wikipedia

• Forceps — An instrument with two blades and a handle used for handling, grasping, or compressing. Many types of forceps are employed in medicine, including the alligator forceps (an angled instrument with jaws at the end), tissue forceps (a form of… …   Medical dictionary

• Surgical instrument — Various scalpels A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it …   Wikipedia

• Surgical instruments — A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it. Over time, many… …   Wikipedia

• Surgical staple — 19 surgical staples wrapping around the head, plus approximately 10 surgical sutures on the neck …   Wikipedia

• forceps — forcepslike, adj. forcipial /fawr sip ee euhl/, adj. /fawr seuhps, seps/, n., pl. forceps, forcipes / seuh peez /. 1. an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations. 2. Anat., Zool. a part or… …   Universalium

• forceps — /ˈfɔsəps / (say fawsuhps) noun (plural forceps or forcipes /ˈfɔsəpiz/ (say fawsuhpeez)) 1. an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations. 2. Zoology a grasping organ resembling a forceps. {Latin}… …  

• forceps — n. (pl. same) 1 surgical pincers, used for grasping and holding. 2 Bot. & Zool. an organ or structure resembling forceps. Derivatives: forcipate adj. Etymology: L forceps forcipis …   Useful english dictionary

• forceps — for•ceps [[t]ˈfɔr səps, sɛps[/t]] n. pl. ceps, ci•pes [[t] səˌpiz[/t]] srg an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects firmly, as in surgical operations • Etymology: 1625–35; < L: pair of tongs, pincers for′ceps•like ,… …   From formal English to slang

• mosquito forceps — n a very small surgical forceps called also mosquito clamp * * * see under clamp …   Medical dictionary