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

Type of: delivery, obstetrical delivery

Encyclopedia: Forceps delivery

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