Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Narrower terms: dry cupping, wet cupping
noun
A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of forming something into a cup shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of cup
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bloodletting
History
From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
