CUPPING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cupping" is a kind of...):

bloodletting (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))

Derivation:

cup (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)

-ing form of the verb cup