🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

겸자

Native Script:鎌子

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kānshi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
forceps/ˈfɔːrsɛps/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"外科医は手術用の鉗子を求めた。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A pair of pincers or tweezers used in surgery or obstetrics for seizing and holding objects.

    "The surgeon asked the nurse for the forceps to clamp the blood vessel."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from Latin, meaning 'pair of tongs or pincers', from formus 'warm' + capere 'to take'.

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