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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] [1913 Webster] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. [1913 Webster] Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cupping n 1: a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "cupping": aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, venesection