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English
Etymology
From mid- + forceps.
Noun
midforceps (plural midforceps)
- (medicine, also attributively) An obstetrical method for delivery of a baby using a forceps when the head is already engaged and the station is above +2 cm (or, formerly, when the head is already engaged but the criteria for low forceps are not met).
- Coordinate terms: high forceps, low forceps, outlet forceps
1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 99:Those who are using block anaesthesia are familiar with the fact that the mother has lost the expulsive urge, midforceps are not unusual and outlet forceps are almost routine with a block.
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