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forceps delivery

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forceps delivery
n.
The birth of a child assisted by extraction with a forceps designed to grasp the head.


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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.
During labor and delivery, she stands a good chance of getting intravenous infusions, injections of medications that facilitate labor and reduce pain, continuous electrode monitoring of her unborn child and, perhaps, a forceps delivery or a cesarean section.
The Effect of Forceps Delivery on Cognitive Development," Am J Obstet Gynecol 169, no.
 
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