Ventose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of ventouse. alt-of, alternative

    "[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."

  2. 2
    sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month wordnet

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bloateddistendedfatflatulentgassyincrassate

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"[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."

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