forceps delivery

Other forms: forceps deliveries

Definitions of forceps delivery
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    delivery, obstetrical delivery
    the act of delivering a child
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