English
- forceps
Dutch
- forceps[1]
- verlostang[2]; tang; (verlos)tang
- (biologie) tangachtig orgaan
- opensperrer (eyelid forceps)
- naaldvoerder (needle forceps)(geneeskundig instrument)
- anatomisch pincet (dissecting forceps)
- pincet (tweezers)[3]
Examples
- two pairs of forceps = twee tangen
- ↑ forceps (1.) (medisch) tang, m.n. verlostang (2.) (anatomie) zekere vezelbundel in de hersenen (Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal, 14e ed.)
- ↑ ‘IATE Definition: instrument bestaande uit twee handvaten en twee bladen voor trekken, grijpen of samendrukken’ (Wb Geneesk.DHD)
- ↑ ‘Tweezers are small tools used for picking up objects too small to be easily handled with the human fingers. The tool is most likely derived from tongs, pincers, or scissors-like pliers used to grab or hold hot objects since the dawn of recorded history. In a scientific or medical context they are normally referred to as forceps.’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweezers)