| bulldog forceps | A forceps for occluding a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| rubber dam clamp forceps | A forceps with pronged jaws designed to engage the jaws of a rubber dam clamp so that they may be separated to pass over the widest buccolingual contour of a tooth. Synonym: rubber dam clamp forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clamp forceps | A forceps with pronged jaws designed to engage the jaws of a rubber dam clamp so that they may be separated to pass over the widest buccolingual contour of a tooth. Synonym: rubber dam clamp forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor forceps | Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clip forceps | A small forceps with spring catch to hold a bleeding vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Piper's forceps | Obstetrical forceps used to facilitate delivery of the head in breech presentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mosquito forceps | A small haemostat, straight or curved, with or without teeth; used to hold delicate tissue or for haemostasis. Synonym: mosquito forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse-tooth forceps | A forceps with one or two fine points at the tip of each blade, fitting into hollows between the points on the opposite blade. (05 Mar 2000) |