EGAVE

cupping

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
  2. noun A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
  3. noun Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun The act of forming something into a cup shape.
    the cupping of one's hands
  6. verb present participle and gerund of cup

Similar words

glaucomatous wet cupping acupressure circumclusion ventouse cordocentesis embouchement issue hemospasia venesection

Often followed by

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Word family

cuppings

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