"ventouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ventouses [plural]
Etymology: Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ventouse}} Middle English ventouse, {{der|en|xno|ventuse}} Anglo-Norman ventuse, {{bor|en|fr|ventouse}} French ventouse Head templates: {{en-noun}} ventouse (plural ventouses)
  1. (obsolete) A cupping glass. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ventouse-en-noun-zQRo2PN-
  2. (medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ventouse-en-noun-NDVDJQ4J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 78 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 25 5 2 3 6 1 9 9 29 7 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ventose

Verb

Forms: ventouses [present, singular, third-person], ventousing [participle, present], ventoused [participle, past], ventoused [past]
Etymology: Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ventouse}} Middle English ventouse, {{der|en|xno|ventuse}} Anglo-Norman ventuse, {{bor|en|fr|ventouse}} French ventouse Head templates: {{en-verb}} ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)
  1. (obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ventouse-en-verb-zgQTWxvU

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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