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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▸ 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.
Similar:
wet cupping,
acupressure,
circumclusion,
ventouse,
cordocentesis,
embouchement,
issue,
hemospasia,
venesection,
filipuncture,
more...
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Adjectives:
dry,
glaucomatous,
wet,
optic,
physiological,
physiologic,
deep,
pathologic,
slight,
pathological,
progressive
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