PINCE

(Fr.), n. Pan2s. See FORCEPS. P. a baguette. A forceps used for compre ing the artery and dividing the middle and internal coats before the employment of the torsion forceps to twist the outer coat. [E.] P. a faux-germes. See Ovum FORCEPS. P. a gaine. A forceps with two, three, or four blades which may be brought together and retained by a sliding sheath. [E.] P. a griffes. A forceps with pointed hooks at the ends of the blades for holding. [E.] P. a, ligature. An artery forceps. [E.] P. anterieure. See FORCEPS minor corp or is callosi.V. a os. 1. A bone forceps. 2. A forceps for seizing the bones in the operation of craniotomy. [A, 15.] P. a pansement. See Dre ing FORCEPS. P. & trois branches. See Lithotrity FORCEPS. P.:V verrou. See Torsion FORCEPS. P. de Hales. A long, slender forceps for extracting calculi from the urethra. [E.] Cf. Vesu-al FORCEPS. P. cle Museux. A dre ing forceps with sharp hooks at the ends of the blades which cro each other when closed. [E.] P. de Silit in. Sci ors for cutting a plaster-of-Paris bandage. [o, 34.] P. de Wilde. See Wilde^s FORCEPS. P. electrique. A forceps one of the points of which is made of copper, the other of zinc; used in experimental physiology to stimulate nerves and muscles. [K, 29.] P.-erigne. A toothed forceps for laying hold of a part. P. myograph i que. An instrument devised by Marey for registering the amount of thickening in the adductor muscles of the thumb during their contraction. [Landois (K).] P. per in eale. A small forceps, like a serre-fin e, for the temporary closure of a perineal laceration. P. posterieure. See FORCEPS major corp or is callosi. [s. 274]