cupping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cupping	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cupping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cupping n a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[ucr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.) 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.