| Piper's forceps | Obstetrical forceps used to facilitate delivery of the head in breech presentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| piper | 1. One who plays on a pipe, or the like, especially. On a bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." 2. <zoology> A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Piper, E | <person> U.S. Obstetrician-gynecologist, 1881-1935. See: Piper's forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adson forceps | A small thumb forceps with two teeth on one tip and one tooth on the other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alligator forceps | A long forceps with a small hinged jaw on the end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allis forceps | A straight grasping forceps with serrated jaws, used to forcibly grasp or retract tissues or structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arruga's forceps | Forceps for the intracapsular extraction of a cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial forceps | A locking forceps with sloping blades for grasping the end of a blood vessel until a ligature is applied. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis-traction forceps | Obstetrical forceps provided with a second handle so attached that traction can be made in the line in which the head must move in the axis of the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barton's forceps | An obstetrical forceps with one fixed curved blade and a hinged anterior blade for application to a high transverse head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bayonet forceps | Forceps with offset blades, such as those for use through an otoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone forceps | A strong forceps used for seizing or removing fragments of bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown-Adson forceps | An Adson forceps with about 16 delicate teeth on each tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulldog forceps | A forceps for occluding a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bullet forceps | A forceps with thin curved blades with serrated grasping surfaces, for extracting a bullet from tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsule forceps | Forceps used for removing the capsule of the lens in extracapsular extraction of a cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |