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English noun: forceps delivery

1. forceps delivery (act) delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries


Broader (hypernym)delivery, obstetrical delivery









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