# ventouse

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A cupping glass.
2. A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.

## Etymology
Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ventouse