cupping

/ˈkʌpɪŋ/
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Other forms: cuppings

Definitions of cupping
  1. noun
    a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
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    type of:
    bloodletting
    formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
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