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. 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. The cervix is seized by a double tenaculum or volsellum forceps and drawn down.
