cupping

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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