forceps

1. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

   Zange, Pinzette, Forzeps

   щипцы́ščipcý, пинце́тpincét, зажи́мzažím

   акушерські щипціakušersʹki ščypci

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

2. A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.

1. The doctor used forceps to lift the flap of skin.

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2. Sami caught the ant with a forceps.

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3. The doctor pulled his tooth with the forceps.

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4. Sami used a forceps to pick the ant up from its thorax.

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5. She extracted them with forceps.

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