| PCL | pacing cycle length; persistent corpus luteum; plasma cell leukemia; posterior chamber lens; posteri... |
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| PD | Doctor of Pharmacy; Dublin Pharmacopoeia; interpupillary distance; Paget disease; pancreatic duct; p... |
| PICA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Porch Index of Communicative Abilities; posterior in... |
| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| Simpson's forceps | An obstetrical forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| tenaculum forceps | A forceps with jaws armed each with a sharp, straight hook like a tenaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thumb forceps | A spring forceps used by compression with thumb and forefinger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular forceps | A long slender forceps intended for use through a cannula or other tubular instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tucker-McLean forceps | A type of axis-traction forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |