1. An extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)

Derived forms: forcipes, forceps

See also: forcipate

Type of: extractor

Encyclopedia: Forceps

• solidifying
• solidity
• solidly
• solidness
• solidus
• soliloquise
• soliloquize
• soliloquy
• Solingen
• solipsism
• solipsist
• solipsistic
• solitaire
• solitarily
• solitariness
• solitary
• solitary confinement
• solitary pussytoes
• solitary vireo
• solitary wave
• soliton
• soliton wave
• solitude
• solitudinarian
• solleret