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forceps
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin forceps.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??s?ps/, /?f??s?ps/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??s?ps/
Noun
forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)
- An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
Usage notes
Although the Latin word is singular, this word is often treated as a plurale tantum by analogy with names for similar items such as tongs and tweezers: this forceps or these forceps (or even pair of forceps).
Synonyms
- pair of forceps
Hyponyms
- serrefine
Derived terms
- forceps delivery
- microforceps
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *formokaps through syncope. Surface etymology: from formus (“warm”) +? -ceps (“taker”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?for.keps/, [?f?rk?ps?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?for.t??eps/, [?f?rt???ps]
Noun
forceps m (genitive forcipis); third declension
- (pair of) tongs, pincers, forceps
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- forcipatus
Descendants
References
- forceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- forceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forceps in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- forceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- forceps in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forceps in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From French forceps.
Noun
forceps n (plural forcepsuri)
- forceps
Declension
forceps From the web:
- what forceps delivery
- what forceps are used for upper extractions
- what forceps are used for wisdom tooth extraction
- what forceps are used for extractions
cranesbill
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
crane +? -s- +? bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed-vessel.
Noun
cranesbill (plural cranesbills)
- Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
- A pair of long-beaked forceps.
Usage notes
- Geranium is the common name for members of the Pelargonium genus.
Translations
Anagrams
- brain cells, braincells
cranesbill From the web:
- what does cranesbill look like
- what is cranesbill used for
- what are cranesbill geraniums
- what are cranesbill flowers
- what is spotted cranesbill
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