forceps.
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
Meaning & usage
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰormós Proto-Italic *xʷormos Proto-Italic *formos substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Italic *-s Proto-Italic *-kap-s Proto-Italic *formokaps? Latin forcepslbor. English forceps Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.
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