| HFD | hemorrhagic fever of deer; high-fiber diet; high forceps delivery; hospital field director; human fa... |
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| LF | labile factor; lactoferrin; laryngofissure; Lassa fever; latex fixation; left foot; left forearm; le... |
| LFD | lactose-free diet; large for date [fetus]; late fetal death; lateral facial dysplasia; least fatal d... |
| MF | magnetic field; meat free; medium frequency; megafarad; membrane filler; merthiolate-formaldehyde [s... |
| BC | Bone Conduction |
| cup biopsy forceps | A slender flexible forceps with movable cup-shaped jaws, used to obtain biopsy specimens by introduction through a specially designed endoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| haemostatic forceps | A forceps with a catch for locking the blades, used for seizing the end of a blood vessel to control haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting forceps | A forceps with sharp blades. Synonym: cutting forceps. Origin: G. Labis, pincers, + tome, an incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| high forceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head before engagement has taken place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Simpson's forceps | An obstetrical forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| speculum forceps | A tubular forceps for use through a speculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| needle forceps | An instrument for grasping a needle in suturing. Synonym: needle forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonfenestrated forceps | <instrument> Obstetrical forceps without openings in the blades, thus facilitating rotation of the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DeBakey forceps | Nontraumatic forceps used to pick up blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental forceps | <dentistry> Forceps used to luxate teeth and remove them from the alveolus. Synonym: extracting forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dressing forceps | A forceps for general use in dressing wounds, removing fragments of necrosed tissue, small foreign bodies, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obstetrical forceps | An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. (12 Dec 1998) |
| O'Hara forceps | Two slender clamp forceps's held together by a serrefine, once used in intestinal anastomosis; now obsolete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outlet forceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head when it has reached the perineal floor and is visible between contractions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tarnier's forceps | A type of axis-traction forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |