cup·ping (k p  ng)n. A treatment in which evacuated glass cups are applied to intact or scarified skin in order to draw blood toward or through the surface. It was used for disorders associated with an excess of blood, one of the four humors of medieval physiology. |
cupping [ˈkʌpɪŋ]
n
(Medicine) Med Archaic the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
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| Noun | 1. | cupping - a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface bloodletting - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) |
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cupping
n (Med) → Schröpfen nt
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