noun
acupressure
Acupressure (noun) means a complementary therapy, based on acupuncture, in which pressure is pressed onto specific points on the body.
noun
1
A complementary therapy, based on acupuncture, in which pressure is pressed onto specific points on the body.
2
A single use of this pressure-point therapy.
"The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face."
— Sherwood Smith, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--Auger's Teacher (2001)
3
An old method of stopping bleeding from a wound or operation, by threading a needle under the cut blood vessel with its ends left sticking out through the skin.
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Etymology
Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.
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What is the meaning of acupressure?
"acupressure" (noun) means a complementary therapy, based on acupuncture, in which pressure is pressed onto specific points on the body.
What is another word for acupressure?
Other words for "acupressure" include shiatsu.
What are the different meanings of acupressure?
"acupressure" has 3 main meanings: 1. A complementary therapy, based on acupuncture, in which pressure is pressed onto specific points on the body; 2. A single use of this pressure-point therapy; 3. An old method of stopping bleeding from a wound or operation, by threading a needle under the cut blood vessel with its ends left sticking out through the skin.
