forceps

Meaning of forceps

plural noun

a pair of pincers or tweezers used in surgery or in a laboratory.

late 16th century: from Latin, ‘tongs, pincers’.

Information about forceps

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of forceps

for-ceps

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • forceps is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with forceps

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