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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

λαβίς

-ίδος

, a forceps +

meter

: cf. F.

labidometre

(Med.)

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

labidometer ‎(plural labidometers)

(medicine) A specialized forceps or attachment to a regular forceps for measuring the size and curvature of the head of a fetus in the pelvis.