Medical instrument used for grasping or holding objects, especially in surgery.
外科医は鉗子で血管をつまんだ。
The surgeon grasped the blood vessel with forceps.
hemostatic forceps; artery forceps
forceps delivery
Standard kanji spelling for medical forceps.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still used.
From Chinese 鉗子 (qiánzi), meaning forceps or pincers.