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forceps

/ˈfɔːsɛps/US/ˈfoɹsɛps/

forceps noun: an instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

forceps: an instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to...
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Noun

forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)

  1. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
  2. A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.

forceps meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

forceps in Hindi

instrument used in surgery
चिमटा cimṭā

forceps in Tamil

instrument used in surgery
சாவணம் cāvaṇam, இடுக்கி iṭukki

forceps in Urdu

چمٹی, زنبور

forceps in Telugu

instrument used in surgery
పటకారు paṭakāru
More languagesFewer languages
forceps in Malayalam
ചവണ cavaṇa
forceps in Kannada
ಚಿಮುಟಾಂಗ cimuṭāṅga
forceps in Tagalog
panipit
forceps in Malay
forsep
forceps in Indonesian
forsep

Examples of forceps in a sentence

  • Endoscopic hemostasis was performed with hemoclips or hemostatic forceps whenever bleeding or exposed vessels were observed.
  • Debride the area of any loose nail fragments or hyperkeratotic tissue with the forceps. matrixectomy.
  • When using reduction forceps, care must be taken to prevent comminuting the medial epicondylar fragment.

All 13 example sentences with forceps

Synonyms of forceps

Forms of forceps

pluralforceps
pluralforcipes
pluralforcepses

Plural of forceps: forceps or forcipes

Origin of forceps

Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

Words formed from forceps

Phrases with forceps

Questions about forceps

What does forceps mean?
Forceps means an instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
What is forceps in Hindi?
Forceps in Hindi is चिमटा (cimṭā). See Forceps meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forceps?
Forceps is a noun.
How do you pronounce forceps?
Forceps is pronounced /ˈfɔːsɛps/ (UK).
What is the plural of forceps?
The plural of forceps is forceps.

Words near forceps in the dictionary

  1. forceouts
  2. forceplate
  3. forceplates
  4. forceplot
  5. forceplots
  6. forceps
  7. forceps-like
  8. forcepses
  9. forcepslike
  10. forcepstail
  11. forcepstails

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: forceps (page history and authors); forceps (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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