also: ちょうし · ぢょうし
Medical or laboratory term for tweezers or forceps. The cross-reference ピンセット is the more common everyday word.
See also: ピンセット
Pick up the forceps in the operating room.
Grasp the tissue with tweezers.
Technical kanji spelling; rarely used outside medical contexts. The reading せっし is standard for this form.
Katakana spelling, common in medical and laboratory settings.
Alternate reading; less common than せっし.
Historical kana spelling for the reading ちょうし; rarely used in modern writing.
The kanji 鑷 means 'tweezers' or 'forceps', and 子 is a common suffix for small tools. The reading せっし is the on'yomi; ちょうし is an alternative reading. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.