cupping
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkʌpɪŋ/
cupping
- (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
- hyponyms en
- (medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
- (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.
- 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.
- (vacuum treatment) myofascial decompression (MFD) a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area
- German: Schröpfen
- present participle of cup#English|cup
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