English-Thai Dictionary
cupping
N การ ดูด เลือด ด้วย ถ้วย โดย ใช้ วิธีการ เกิด สูญญากาศ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CUPPING
ppr. Applying a cupping-glass, with scarification; a drawing blood with a cupping-glass.
CUPPING-GLASS
n.A glass vessel like a cup, to be applied to the skin, before and after scarification, for drawing blood.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CUPPING
CUPPING Cup "ping (kp "png ), n. (Med. )
Defn: The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. -- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. -- Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cupping
cup ping |ˈkəpiNG ˈkəpɪŋ | ▶noun (in Chinese medicine ) a therapy in which heated glass cups are applied to the skin along the meridians of the body, creating suction as a way of stimulating the flow of energy.
Oxford Dictionary
cupping
cup |ping |kʌpɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in Chinese medicine ) a therapy in which heated glass cups are applied to the skin along the meridians of the body, creating suction and believed to stimulate the flow of energy.
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