Definition of "ventouse" []

• A cupping glass. (noun)
• A suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths (noun)
• To cup; to use a cupping glass. (verb)

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• "· All obstetric maneuver, forceps, ventouse and symphysectomy."
• "One of the downsides is a higher rate of "instrumental deliveries" - in which doctors need to use forceps or a ventouse to help deliver the baby's head."
• "Both babies suffered a significant subgaleal haemorrhage, or bleeding in the space between the scalp and the skull, after being delivered with the assistance of a ventouse extraction which involves a suction cup placed on the infant's head."