Ventouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ventouse is a noun meaning (medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
Meaning
(medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A cupping glass.
- (obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.
Example Sentences
[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.
Word Forms
- ventouses
- ventose
- ventousing
- ventoused
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventose, godet, pooter, parting-cup, venturi, cuvette.
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