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FORCEPS
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Irregular inflected form: forceps
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("forceps" is a kind of...):
extractor (an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forceps"):
lion-jaw forceps; mouse-tooth forceps (a type of forceps)
