What's the difference between forceps and labidometer?
Forceps
Definition:
(n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.
(n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.
Example Sentences:
(1) Predisposing factors were coagulopathy and forceps extraction after prolonged labor.
(2) Five percent of the forceps biopsies were unsuitable for examination; all excision biopsies were of good quality.
(3) Forceps and unassisted deliveries were experienced similarly.
(4) The influence of endoscopic forceps variables (size, design, and make) on biopsy specimen weight, depth, and diagnostic adequacy has been studied in vitro on normal human stomach, and in vivo at endoscopy in dog and in patients.
(5) Because the larvae of Anisakis can always be observed by endoscopy and removed with biopsy forceps, early performance of endoscopy is highly recommended for patients in whom acute gastric anisakiasis is suspected and for those who have eaten raw fish within 12 hours before onset of the gastric symptoms.
(6) Where the standard staple remover is not immediately available, an artery forceps, correctly applied, is just as quick.
(7) To our knowledge, it is the first case of hypogammaglobulinaemia with nodular hyperplasia of the small bowel, diagnosed by endoscopy and forceps biopsy.
(8) Usherwood's account of the breakage of Palmer's diathermy forceps (June 30, p. 773).
(9) At each target point, after opening the dura and using stereotactic coordinates and equipment, a microbiopsy forceps was used to place "micropatties" (each with a string tail) or small catheters with pledgets or catheter tips located at tumor edges.
(10) Electronic feedback through the same cables as used for coagulation enabled the use of conventional bipolar cables and forceps.
(11) In the beginning special forceps were used to remove the nuclear tissue.
(12) In selected cases, fine needle biopsy appears to be preferable to transbronchial forceps biopsy since the risk of a possibly life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage may be lower.
(13) Corneal abrasion occurred in two babies and corneal oedema in one baby after forceps delivery but in none of the control group.
(14) The routine in our department for years used to be: prevention of bearing down during the end of the 2nd stage of labor in high myopic parturients, by forceps delivery, with the assumption that this will prevent increased intraocular pressure--thus preventing deterioration or increased damage to the eyes.
(15) Stone disintegration with ultrasound is done under direct vision, and the fragments aspirated or removed with the help of forceps or Dormia basket.
(16) Forceps biopsy of an endobronchial lesion showed plasmacytoma similar in histologic features to her original osseous lesions.
(17) Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is advantageous in that it can be performed quickly and easily, it avoids general anesthesia, and it is more adaptable to foreign body retrieval than the nasopharyngoscope because of its forceps channel, through which varied retrieval instruments can be passed.
(18) Twenty horses with no evidence of laryngeal motor deficit were stimulated on 10 sites by touch with the forceps.
(19) No relationship was found between neurobehavior and low-forceps extraction, oxytocin augmentation, parity, or duration of labor.
(20) Grading by aspiration biopsy is less reliable but may be of benefit in selected cases where forceps biopsy is less suitable.
Labidometer
Definition:
(n.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.