‖ volˈsellum Surg.
[mod.L., perhaps from mistaking L. volsella (see prec.) for a neuter pl. Cf. vulsellum.]
A kind of forceps used in surgical operations. Also attrib.
| 1876 T. B. Curling Dis. Rectum 53 The hæmorrhoidal growths are to be seized separately with the volsellum forceps. Ibid. 75 A fold of membrane..is to be seized with a volsellum, or the hæmorrhoidal forceps. 1898 Baldy's Amer. Text-Bk. Gynecol. (ed. 2) 375 A double tenaculum or volsellum forceps. |