ventouse
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ventouse
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Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.
noun ventouses · ventose
- 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.
- A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
verb ventouses · ventousing · ventoused
- To cup; to use a cupping glass.
Talk about this word "ventouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ventouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ventouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ventouse "ventouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ventouse.Cite this
@misc{ventouse_2026,
title = {ventouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ventouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
