cupping

cupping
    n 1: a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin
         to draw blood through the surface
    

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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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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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