| vac | vacuum |
|---|---|
| VTVM | vacuum tube voltmeter |
| VUV | vacuum ultraviolet |
| MFD | mandibulofacial dysostosis; midforceps delivery; milk-free diet; minimum fatal dose; multiple fracti... |
| APC | acetylsalicylic acid, phenacetin, and caffeine; activated protein C; adenoidal-pharyngeal-conjunctiv... |
| 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) |
| major forceps | Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Randall stone forceps | A forceps with variably curved slender blades and serrated jaws, used to extract calculi from the renal pelvis or calices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vulsellum forceps | A forceps with hooks at the tip of each blade. Synonym: volsella, vulsella, vulsellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chamberlen forceps | The original obstetrical forceps, without a curvature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe forceps | A small thumb forceps with one horizontal row of six or eight delicate teeth across each tip. (05 Mar 2000) |