cupping
(noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
cup, transfuse
(verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient’s skin
cup
(verb) put into a cup; “cup the milk”
cup
(verb) form into the shape of a cup; “She cupped her hands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cupping (countable and uncountable, plural cuppings)
(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
Hyponyms: dry cupping, wet cupping
(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
• (vacuum treatment): myofascial decompression (MFD) (a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area)
cupping
present participle of cup
Source: Wiktionary
Cup"ping (kp"png), n. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Cup (kp), n. Etym: [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. k pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola, Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, Coif, Cop.]
1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. Shak.
3. pl.
Definition: Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. Milton.
4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Matt. xxvi. 39.
5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. Shenstone.
6. (Med.)
Definition: A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. Cup and ball, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions.
– Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping.
– To be in one's cups, to be drunk.
Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (kpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. Shak.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
