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Cupping

Cupping Meaning & Definition
Cupping Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cupping?

[n] a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cupping:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cupping: aspiration | bleeding | bloodletting | broaching | drafting | drainage | draining | drawing | emptying | leeching | milking | phlebotomy | pipetting | pumping | siphoning | sucking | suction | tapping | venesection

See Also | bloodletting

Cupping In Webster's Dictionary

\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. {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.

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