tenaculum

A tenaculum is used to steady the cervix and uterus.

A tenaculum is a surgical instrument, usually classified as a type of forceps.

A tenaculum, a type of forceps, will hold the cervix steady for the biopsy.

Both the application of the tenaculum as well as the removal of tissue by the biopsy may cause pain.

It is "from French, literally: tongs, from Late Latin tenācula, pl of tenaculum".

In those Springtails (Collembola) that have a functional furcula, the underside of the third abdominal segment bears a hooked structure, variously called the tenaculum or hamula.

The teeth of the tenaculum may cause a break in the cervix and some pain, therefore measures need to be taken to prevent infection and a local anesthetic may be helpful.

Roland, running over, snatched up Keynes's tenaculum, and dragged the sharp hooked end across the man's throat before he could arise, blood spurting in a furious jet from the severed vein, through his grasping fingers.

As far as instruments are concerned, in MVA, for efficiency and ease of inserting a larger cannula, a tenaculum may be used to grasp the cervix to hold it steady while the cannula is being rotated and moved back and forth.