acupressure (redirected from acupressure massage)

ac·u·pres·sure  (ky-prshr)

n.

See shiatsu.

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[acu(puncture) + pressure.]

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acupressure [ˈækjʊˌprɛʃə]

n

(Medicine / Complementary Medicine) another name for shiatsu

[from acu(puncture) + pressure]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

acupressure - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body G-Jo, shiatsu 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

acupressure [ækjəˌpreʃəʳ] N → acupresión f, digitopuntura f

acupressure [ˈækjuprɛʃə^r] n → acupressing m acupressure point
acupressure point n → point m de l'acupressing

acupressure

n → Akupressur f