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forcipal

forcipal adjective: branched and forked like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.

Adjective

forcipal (not comparable)

  1. Branched and forked like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
    • Mechanicks make uſe hereof in forcipall Organs, and Inſtruments of Inciſion; […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter II.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 112
  2. Using forceps.
    • forcipal extraction

Origin of forcipal

From Latin forcip(is) + -al.

Questions about forcipal

What does forcipal mean?
Forcipal means branched and forked like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
What part of speech is forcipal?
Forcipal is an adjective.

Words near forcipal in the dictionary

  1. forcing something down someone's throat
  2. forcing the pace
  3. forcing the voucher
  4. forcingly
  5. forcings
  6. forcipal
  7. forcipate
  8. forcipated
  9. forcipation
  10. forcipes
  11. forcipiform

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