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1625–35; < Latin: pair of tongs, pincers, said to be a contraction of *formiceps, equivalent to form(us) warm + -i- -i- + -ceps -taker, derivative of capere to take (compare prince), i.e., that which takes hot things; compare, however, forpex, forfex tongs, shears, from which forceps may have been formed by folk etymology
1625–35; < Latin: pair of tongs, pincers, said to be a contraction of *formiceps, equivalent to form(us) warm + -i- -i- + -ceps -taker, derivative of capere to take (compare prince), i.e., that which takes hot things; compare, however, forpex, forfex tongs, shears, from which forceps may have been formed by folk etymology
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for·ceps·like, adjective
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Forceps
is always a great word to know.
So is fissure. Does it mean:
| a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain |
| a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from of the spinal cord and joins with another bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves |
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forceps
1563, from L. forceps, compound of formus "hot" + root of capere "to hold, take" (see capable). Originally a smith's implement.
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forceps for·ceps (fôr'səps, -sěps)
n. pl. forceps
An instrument resembling a pair of pincers, used for grasping, manipulating, or extracting, especially in surgery.
Either of two bands of white fibers composing the radiation of the corpus callosum to the cerebrum.
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