forceps
- n an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
forcefulness
- n physical energy or intensity
a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man
forcemeat
- n mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
forceps delivery
- n 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