Definition of Mouse-tooth forceps

1. Noun. A type of forceps.

Generic synonyms: Forceps
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Medical Definition of Mouse-tooth forceps

1. A forceps with one or two fine points at the tip of each blade, fitting into hollows between the points on the opposite blade. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouse-tooth Forceps

mousambis
mouse
mouse's nest
mouse-colored
mouse-colored antshrike
mouse-colored antshrikes
mouse-ear
mouse-ear chickweed
mouse-ear cress
mouse-ear hawkweed
mouse-eared bat
mouse-ears
mouse-over
mouse-overs
mouse-potato
mouse-tooth forceps (current term)
mouse-wheel
mouse antialopecia factor
mouse cancer
mouse click
mouse deer
mouse ear
mouse eared chickweed
mouse encephalomyelitis
mouse encephalomyelitis virus
mouse hare
mouse hepatitis
mouse hepatitis virus
mouse lemur

Literary usage of Mouse-tooth forceps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"Heart is drawn forwards with mouse-tooth forceps and one fine silk suture is ... Through the pressure of the mouse-tooth forceps, the cardiac muscle is ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The stump is seized at the extreme of its free end by a similar fine-pointed pair of mouse-tooth forceps ; and the stump is promptly invaginated—turned ..."

3. Modern Surgery: General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1907)
"... by inserting a pair of mouse- tooth forceps and opening the blades. ... and while this is being done, the mouse-tooth forceps used in effecting ..."

4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"Heart is drawn forwards with mouse-tooth forceps and one fine silk suture is ... Through the pressure of the mouse-tooth forceps, the cardiac muscle is ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The stump is seized at the extreme of its free end by a similar fine-pointed pair of mouse-tooth forceps ; and the stump is promptly invaginated—turned ..."

6. Modern Surgery: General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1907)
"... by inserting a pair of mouse- tooth forceps and opening the blades. ... and while this is being done, the mouse-tooth forceps used in effecting ..."

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