Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forceps_delivery

1 sense of forceps delivery

Sense 1
forceps delivery -- (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)
       => delivery, obstetrical delivery -- (the act of delivering a child)