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ventouses

ventouses is the plural 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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Questions about ventouses

What is ventouses the plural of?
Ventouses is the plural of ventouse.

Words near ventouses in the dictionary

  1. ventoses
  2. ventosities
  3. ventosity
  4. ventouse
  5. ventoused
  6. ventouses
  7. ventousing
  8. Ventra card
  9. Ventra cards
  10. ventrad
  11. ventral

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