acupressure
nounEtymology
Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.
- derived from pressūra
Definitions
An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure…
An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
- The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face.
A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing…
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.
The neighborhood
- neighboracupuncture
- neighborcircumclusion
- neighborretroclusion
- neighbortorsoclusion
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for acupressure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA