forceps
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Between 2007 and 2017, the Royal College of Midwives told its members to encourage women to have a vaginal delivery without any medical interventions, such as pharmaceutical pain relief or forceps, for instance.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
To insert an IUD, a clinician opens the vagina using a speculum and grips the cervix with a type of forceps, which can cause a sudden, sharp pain.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Never mind all the newborns rolled out and swaddled like Christmas tamales, or the forceps deliveries that resemble tooth extractions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Between 1867 and 1871, he pushed himself even harder, growing thousands of hawkweeds in another patch of garden, emasculating the flowers with the same forceps, and dusting pollen with the same paintbrush.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
