Definition of Lion-jaw forceps

1. Noun. A type of forceps.

Generic synonyms: Forceps
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lion-jaw Forceps

liocranid sac spiders
lion
lion's-ear
lion's beard
lion's den
lion's ear
lion's foot
lion's leaf
lion's share
lion's tooth
lion-heart
lion-hearted
lion-hunter
lion-jaw bone-holding forceps
lion-jaw forceps (current term)
lion cub
lion cubs
lion marmoset
lion monkey
lionced
lioncel
lioncelle
lioncels
lionel
lionels
lioness
lionesses
lionet
lionets

Literary usage of Lion-jaw forceps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Surgery, General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1910)
"The upper jaw-bone is grasped with Fergusson's lion-jaw forceps and removed, ... The bone is grasped in a lion-jaw forceps and is drawn outward. ..."

2. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"The upper jaw is being disarticulated with the lion-jaw forceps while a pair of cutting-bone forceps complete the division of the palatine ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"... completed by seizing the bone above the ramus with a lion-jaw forceps and twisting a number of times in one direction until the ligaments were ruptured, ..."

4. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1909)
"lion-jaw forceps then grasp the bone, and by a rocking motion it is loosened from its remaining attachments, which are the palate bone behind and the ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"While the traction and manipulation are carried on, the upper fragment may be held in a lion-jaw forceps, and further manipulation made with this, ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The bone is now firmly grasped with lion-jaw forceps, and by means of a rocking movement upward and downward the remaining attachments of the ..."

7. A Manual of modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"The upper jaw-bone is grasped with Fergusson's lion-jaw forceps and removed, the removal being aided by the use of the scissors and bone- cutters ..."

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