Cupping

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Cupping}.]
     1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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              Cup us, till the world go round.      --Shak.


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     2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
        operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.
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     3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
        cup the end of a screw.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cupping
       See {cup}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cup
       n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
       2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee";
          "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: {cupful}]
       3: a small open container usually used for drinking; usually
          has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the
          handle of the cup was missing"
       4: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
          trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept
          the cups is a special glass case" [syn: {loving cup}]
       5: any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with
          honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup
          of her bra"
       6: the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;
          "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away";
          "put the flag back in the cup"
       7: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
       8: cup-shaped plant organ
       v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
       2: put into a cup; "cup the milk"
       3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn:
           {transfuse}]
       [also: {cupping}, {cupped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cupping
       n : a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin
           to draw blood through the surface

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "cupping":
     aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, drafting, drainage,
     draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, phlebotomy,
     pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping,
     venesection