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A type of large forceps used to hold a baby’s head during childbirth. Forceps used to extract the fetal head from the pelvis during delivery. They serve the dual purpose of allowing withdrawal force to be applied to the fetal head and protecting the head during the passage.  

An action such as washing which is repeated over and over again and indicates a mental disorder.  

Referring to or having an obsession.  

Having an obsession.  

To see something. To watch a person or thing carefully in order to discover something. To take something into account.  

A record of children who have had problems at birth, or soon after their birth, and so need particular follow-up care from a health visitor, general practitioner or social worker.  

The process of watching and examining a person or thing over a period of time.  

Which can be seen or measured.  

The complete destruction of something. The complete blocking of something such as a cavity. Loss of body function or part due to surgical intervention, disease, or degenerative condition.  

To destroy something completely. To block a cavity completely.