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Cupping - What does it mean?

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cupping

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Not English

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