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FORCEPS DELIVERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forceps delivery" is a kind of...):
delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)
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