"acupressure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: acupressures [plural]
Etymology: Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|acupuncture|pressure}} Blend of acupuncture + pressure, {{surf|en|acu-|pressure}} By surface analysis, acu- + pressure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acupressure (countable and uncountable, plural acupressures)
  1. (uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alternative medicine, Massage Translations (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints): 指壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 指压 (zhǐyā) (Chinese Mandarin), akupainanta (Finnish), 指圧 (shiatsu) (alt: しあつ) (Japanese), 지압 (jiap) (alt: 指壓) (Korean), akupresura [feminine] (Polish), acupressão [feminine] (Portuguese), акупрессу́ра (akupressúra) [feminine] (Russian), akupressur [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-acupressure-en-noun-~QBfVQl2 Disambiguation of Alternative medicine: 93 1 6 Disambiguation of Massage: 58 15 27 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with acu- Disambiguation of English blends: 44 20 36 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 6 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 7 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 6 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acu-: 61 10 29 Disambiguation of 'alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints': 91 5 4
  2. (countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique. Tags: countable Translations (an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique): akupainanta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acupressure-en-noun-vaDd9VHt Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 44 20 36 Disambiguation of 'an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique': 8 92 1
  3. (dated) 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. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Translations ((dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage): akupainanta (Finnish), акупресу́ра (akupresúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), akupresura [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-acupressure-en-noun-~AwJnxrN Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 44 20 36 Disambiguation of '(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage': 5 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acupressurist Related terms: acupuncture, circumclusion, retroclusion, torsoclusion

Inflected forms

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