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forceps delivery

DEFINITIONS OF: forceps delivery

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n 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

Type of:
delivery, obstetrical delivery
the act of delivering a child
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