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acupressure |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acupressure \Ac`u*pres"sure\, n. [L. acus needle + premere pressum to press.] (Surg.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. --Simpson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acupressure n : (Chinese and Japanese) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body [syn: {G-Jo}, {shiatsu}]
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