acupressure
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English
Etymology
Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.
Noun
acupressure (countable and uncountable, plural acupressures)
- (uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
- (countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
- 2001, Sherwood Smith, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--Auger's Teacher:
- The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face.
- (dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
Derived terms
Translations
alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
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an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique
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(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage
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See also
Further reading
- “acupressure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.