forcipressuren.
/ˌfɔːsɪˈprɛʃ(j)ʊə/ (See quot. 1890.)
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1879 S. Wells in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 June 928/2 Useful in forcipressure and in torsion.
1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. 164/1 Forcipressure, the arrest of a minor hæmorrhage by pressing the end of the divided vessel with a pair of spring forceps.
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n.1879- to take the time
- to take the trouble
- to take the veil
- to take the veil from a person's eyes
- to take the view of
- to take the voices
- to take the vows
- to take the wall
- to take the wall of a person
- to take the water
- to take the waters
- to take the way
- to take the weight off
- to take the weight off one's feet
- to take the whiff
- to take the white veil
- to take the will for the deed
- to take the wind out of the sails of
- to take the wire edge off
- to take the woe with the weal
- to take the word
- to take the words out of a person's mouth
- to take the worse and leave the better
- to take the worse and scorn the better
- to take the wrong pig by the ear