acupressure
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Noun (1)
- treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the bodySynonyms: G-JoshiatsuType of treatment, intervention
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ac′u·pres′sure (…), noun
Origin: L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.
Surgery A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54