forceps

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

Usage notes
Although the Latin word is singular, this word is often treated as a plurale tantum by analogy with names for similar items such as and : this forceps or these forceps (or even ).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: fòrceps
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: sünnitustangid
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ;
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λαβίς, πυράγρα, σαρκολαβίς
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑕᐃᖅᓯᔾᔭᑎᑦ
 * Italian: forcipe
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: forceps
 * Macedonian: пинцета
 * Malay: forsep
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: fórceps
 * Tagalog: panipit
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: акушерські щипці

Etymology
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Etymology
From through syncope. .

Noun

 * 1) (pair of) tongs, pincers, forceps

Etymology
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