Mosquito Forceps

mosquito forceps or mosquito clamp

n.

A small, straight or curved hemostatic forceps used to hold delicate tissue or compress a bleeding vessel.

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mosquito forceps,

a small hemostatic forceps. See also Halsted's forceps, def. 1.

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Mosquito Forceps

A small, straight or curved forceps used in general surgery that has a locking grip with 3–5 teeth to allow rachet clamping at various pressures. Mosquitos are used to retract in small fields, hold delicate tissue, and compress bleeding vessels, among other things

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forceps

(for´seps),
n 1. a colloquial term for an instrument used for grasping or applying force to teeth, tissues, or other objects, such as when they are extracted.
2. an instrument used for grasping and holding tissues or specific structures.

forceps, bone,

n the force used for grasping or cutting bone.

forceps, chalazion,

n a thumb forceps with a flattened plate at the end of one arm and a matching ring on the other. Originally used for isolation of eyelid tumors. It is useful for isolation of lip and cheek lesions, such as a mucocele, to facilitate removal.

forceps, dental extracting,

n forceps used for grasping teeth.

forceps, hemostatic,

n an instrument for grasping blood vessels to control hemorrhage.

forceps, insertion,

n See forceps, point.

forceps, lock,

n See forceps, point.

forceps, Magill,

n.pr a tongs-shaped tool used to remove objects from the oral cavity.

forceps, mosquito,

n a small hemostatic forceps.

forceps, point (lock forceps, insertion forceps),

n a device used in filling root canals that securely holds the filling cones during their placement.

forceps, rubber dam clamp,

n forceps whose beaks are designed to engage holes in the rubber dam retainer to facilitate its placement, adjustment, or removal.

forceps, suture,

n See needle holder.

forceps, thumb,

n the forceps used for grasping soft tissue; used especially during suturing.

forceps, tissue,

n a thumb forceps; an instrument with one or more fine teeth at the tip of each blade for controlling tissues during surgery, especially during suturing.

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mosquito

blood-sucking insect of the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Taeniorhynchus (Mansonia) and Psorophora. Some species are concerned with the transmission of diseases, such as equine encephalomyelitis, filarial nematodes, avian malaria and Rift Valley fever.

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mosquito-bite dermatitis

pruritic papules and plaques develop on the face of cats with hypersensitivity reactions to mosquito bites.

mosquito forceps

see halsted mosquito forceps.