shiatsu

shi·at·su  (sh-äts)

n.

A form of therapeutic massage in which pressure is applied with the thumbs and palms to those areas of the body used in acupuncture. Also called acupressure.

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[Short for Japanese shiatsuryh : shi, finger + atsu-, pressure + ryh, treatment.]

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shiatsu [ˌʃiːˈætsuː]

n

(Medicine / Complementary Medicine) massage in which pressure is applied to the same points of the body as in acupuncture Also called acupressure

[Japanese, from Chinese chĭ finger + yā pressure]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body acupressure, G-Jo treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

Translations

shiatsu [ʃiːˈætsuː] N → shiatsu m, digitopuntura f

shiatsu [ʃiːˈætsuː] n → shiatsu m

shiatsu

n → Shiatsu nt