cupping
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing.
Noun[edit]
cupping (countable and uncountable, plural cuppings)
- (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
- Hyponyms: dry cupping, wet cupping
- (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.
- The act of forming something into a cup shape.
- the cupping of one's hands
Synonyms[edit]
- (vacuum treatment): myofascial decompression (MFD) (a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
therapeutic treatment
Further reading[edit]
- Fire cupping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
cupping
- present participle and gerund of cup
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