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Acupressure

Acupressure Meaning & Definition
Acupressure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acupressure?

[n] (Chinese and Japanese) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acupressure: G-Jo | shiatsu

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See Also | treatment

Acupressure In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac`u*pres"sure\, n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.] (Surg.) 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.

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