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ventose

ventose is the alternative spelling of ventouse.

Meaning of ventouse

Noun

ventouse (plural ventouses)

  1. (obsolete) A cupping glass.
    • [I]t commeth at length to fall upon the fleſh which the ventoſe ſticketh faſt unto, and by heating and inchafing, it expreſſeth the humor that is within, into the ventoſe or cupping veſſel.1603, Plutarch, “Platoniqve Questions”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, question 6, page 1022
  2. A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.

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Forms of ventose

pluralventoses

Words formed from ventose

Questions about ventose

What is ventose the alternative spelling of?
Ventose is the alternative spelling of ventouse.

Words near ventose in the dictionary

  1. Ventola
  2. Ventolas
  3. ventometer
  4. ventometers
  5. Ventos
  6. ventose
  7. ventoses
  8. ventosities
  9. ventosity
  10. ventouse
  11. ventoused

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