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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ventouse /ˈvɛntuːs/

▶noun Medicine a cup-shaped suction device applied to the baby's head in childbirth to assist delivery.

– origin 1960s: from Fr., lit. ‘cupping-glass’, based on L. ventus ‘wind’.

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