forceps delivery
NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH F
forceps delivery is a valid 16-letter word worth 29 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4O1R1C3E1P3S1D2E1L1I1V4E1R1Y4
4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 =29 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 58TRIPLE WORD → 87
MEANING
What does forceps delivery mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries.
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