Meaning of CUPPING
| Pronunciation: | | 'kuping
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| | Definition: | | [n] a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface |
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| | See Also: | | bloodletting | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the use of warmed glass jars to create suction on certain points of the body. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, venesection |
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