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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A powerful forceps employed in the operation of craniotomy for seizing, breaking down, and withdrawing the fetal skull.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine An instrument for crushing the head of a foetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases.

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