Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forceps delivery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: for-cep-s de-liv-ery
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

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

Questions

What does forceps delivery mean?: 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

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