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forceps delivery

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Noun1.forceps delivery - delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries
obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child


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He recommended a forceps delivery, just in case it was the latter situation, and of course that's what we did.
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