Usually means: Alternative therapy using heated cups.
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  1. cupping: Merriam-Webster
  2. cupping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cupping: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cupping: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cupping: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cupping, cupping: Wordnik
  7. cupping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cupping: Wiktionary
  9. cupping: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cupping: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cupping: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cupping: Dictionary.com
  13. cupping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cupping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cupping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cupping: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cupping: Rhymezone
  18. Cupping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cupping: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. cupping: FreeDictionary.org
  21. cupping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. cupping: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. cupping: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. cupping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cupping: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cupping: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. cupping: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. cupping: Medical dictionary
  8. Cupping: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  2. cupping: The Skeptic's Dictionary
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cupping: Urban Dictionary

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  2. Cupping: Construction Glossary
  3. Cupping: Coffee Glossary
  4. Cupping: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
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(Note: See cup as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cupping)

noun:  (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
noun:  (medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
noun:  (medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
noun:  The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
noun:  The act of forming something into a cup shape.

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