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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 forcrushing thehead of afoetus , tofacilitate delivery in difficult cases.
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English forceps and cranioclast; he was the first to employ narcosis
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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