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VENTOUSE
Etymology
Noun
ventouse (plural ventouses)
(obsolete) A cupping glass.
(medicine) A suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths
Verb
ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)
(obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ven"touse, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ven"touse, v. t. & i.
Definition: To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written also ventuse.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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