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forceps

/ˈfɔːseps/noun

उच्चारण फ़ॉर्सेप्स

चिमटी, संडसी, फ़ोरसेप्स

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nounforceps
  1. 1

    [pl.]

    a medical instrument like a small pair of tongs, used for holding or pulling things

    चिमटी, संडसी, फ़ोरसेप्स

    • The nurse removed the splinter with a pair of forceps.
    • a pair of surgical forceps

    Synonyms tweezers pincers tongs

  2. 2

    [pl.]

    a large instrument of this kind that a doctor sometimes uses to help pull a baby out of its mother's body during birth

    (प्रसव में प्रयुक्त) फ़ोरसेप्स, प्रसव-चिमटा

    • The baby was delivered with forceps.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Forceps is a plural noun, so we say a pair of forceps, and the plural form is also forceps.

Forceps एक plural noun है, इसलिए a pair of forceps कहा जाता है, और इसका plural भी forceps ही रहता है।