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Webster 1913 Edition


Cupping

Cup′ping

(k?p′p?ng)
,
Noun.
(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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cupping

CUPPING

,
ppr.
Applying a cupping-glass, with scarification; a drawing blood with a cupping-glass.

Definition 2024


cupping

cupping

English

Noun

cupping (plural cuppings)

  1. (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
  2. (medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
  3. (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.
  4. 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.

Synonyms

  • (vacuum treatment): myofascial decompression (MFD) (a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area)

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Verb

cupping

  1. present participle of cup