Some persons use the word forceps for tweezers, but in this book, forceps are instruments for taking out a tooth. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The webs may be broken by the insertion of a closed alligator forceps, which is then withdrawn with opened blades. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
It is not questioned that the forceps was the secret that his ancestors and he himself employed so long and so profitably. From Wordnik.com. [The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy] Reference
As the first grasp of the forceps is the best, it should be well planned beforehand so as to seize the proper part of the intruder. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Remove the cover-slip from the cell by the aid of the forceps. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Sterilise several pairs of forceps, scissors, etc. by boiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
I take hold of the linea with my forceps and tent it upward. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
Sterilise several pairs of forceps, scissors, etc., by boiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Michel's steel clips and special forceps for applying the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Whether their deliveries were assisted with forceps or a vacuum. From Wordnik.com. [Can you eat during labor?] Reference
With forceps and retractors he spread open the massive incision. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory of Mars] Reference
Whether their deliveries were assisted with forceps or a vacuum. From Wordnik.com. [Study challenges ban on snacking during labor] Reference
Cover the film with hot carbol-fuchsin and hold in the forceps above. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
For large birds the tow forceps (see Fig. 20) may be conveniently used. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
With forceps fill the skull back of mouth with tow cut in short pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The items included rubber gloves, forceps, a comb, a toe tag and eye liner. From Wordnik.com. [Elvis Presley Autopsy Tools Pulled From Chicago Auction, Authenticity Questioned] Reference
She had endured 28 hours of labor, a forceps delivery and a heavy loss of blood. From Wordnik.com. [Is Your Hmo Too Stingy?] Reference
In performing lithotomy, these calculi would not be within reach of the forceps. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Grasp the apex of the heart in the forceps and sear the surface of the right ventricle. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
When nearly vertical, grasp the cover-slip with the forceps and remove it from the plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Not so long ago, most doctors wouldn't have touched a balance sheet with a 10-foot forceps. From Wordnik.com. [New Rx For Success] Reference
Grasp the cover-slip with the forceps and hold it, high above the flame, until steam rises. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
I slide a forceps under it and pause to wipe the fat off my fingers with a piece of gauze. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
The remainder of filling, usually chopped tow, is placed with fingers, forceps, and stuffers. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The calculus, now in the grip of the forceps, is to be extracted by a slow undulating motion. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Doctors often needed to use forceps to delivery the baby, and that made for some bad experiences. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Pains] Reference
Surgeons make a three-quarter-inch incision and pluck out the offending piece of disk with forceps. From Wordnik.com. [To Cut Or Not To Cut] Reference
Still holding the tube in the forceps, draw it out and seal off near the sac in the blowpipe flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
And the book's most controversial chapter -- its regimented diet -- has gone the way of the forceps. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The doctor went in with forceps and grabbed the baby's legs and pulled them down into the birth canal. From Wordnik.com. [Fanatics For 'Choice'] Reference
The different instruments for removing the testicles are a spoon-like scoop, spoon forceps and cannula. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Gently sweep it up with your finger, and then quickly stick a spay hook or a pair of forceps under it to secure it. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
They also spend, on average, an hour longer in labor and are more likely to have their babies delivered by forceps or vacuum. From Wordnik.com. [Not Mother Nature's Way] Reference
Our fingers, forceps and a setting needle made of a large needle or part of a hat pin in a wooden handle will accomplish this. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The next morning he delivered a woman with the forceps; she died also, and of many others who were seized with the disease within. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
Transfer the cover-slips, by means of a pair of clean forceps, previously heated in the Bunsen flame to destroy any trace of grease, to. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Metal instruments, such as knives, scissors, and forceps, may be sterilised in the hot-air oven as described above, but exposure to 175°. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
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