What does forceps delivery mean?
• FORCEPS DELIVERY (noun) The noun FORCEPS DELIVERY has 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 Familiarity information: FORCEPS DELIVERY used as a noun is very rare.