Definify.com
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.
Definition 2024
cupping
cupping
English
Noun
cupping (plural cuppings)
- (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
- (medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
- (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.
- 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)
Translations
therapeutic treatment
External links
-
Fire cupping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
cupping
- present participle of cup