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- Cupping - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Cup
- Cupping - n. - 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.
- Bdellometer - n. - A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.
- Cup - n. - A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- Cup - v. t. - To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
- Bloodletting - n. - The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.
- Ventouse - v. t. & i. - To cup; to use a cupping glass.
- Ventouse - n. - A cupping glass.