forcipal
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Adjective edit
forcipal (not comparable)
- Branched and forked like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter II.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 112:
- Mechanicks make uſe hereof in forcipall Organs, and Inſtruments of Inciſion; […]
- Using forceps.
- forcipal extraction
References edit
- “forcipal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.