Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cupping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cupping}.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.
3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cupping
n : a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin
to draw blood through the surface
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