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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