"acupressure" meaning in English

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Noun

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), akupresszúra (Hungarian), 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: 84 8 9 Disambiguation of Massage: 41 27 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with acu-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acu-: 40 18 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 27 36 Disambiguation of 'alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints': 89 8 4
  2. (countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique. Tags: countable Translations (an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique): 指壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 指压 (zhǐyā) (Chinese Mandarin), akupainanta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acupressure-en-noun-vaDd9VHt Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with acu-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acu-: 40 18 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 27 36 Disambiguation of 'an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique': 7 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): 止血縫針法 (Chinese Mandarin), 止血缝针法 (zhǐxuè féngzhēn fǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), akupainanta (Finnish), акупресу́ра (akupresúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), akupresura [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-acupressure-en-noun-~AwJnxrN Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with acu-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acu-: 40 18 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 20 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 27 36 Disambiguation of '(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage': 4 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acupressurist Related terms: acupuncture, circumclusion, retroclusion, torsoclusion

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "acu-",
        "3": "pressure"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, acu- + pressure",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acupressures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "acupressure (countable and uncountable, plural acupressures)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "acupuncture"
    },
    {
      "word": "circumclusion"
    },
    {
      "word": "retroclusion"
    },
    {
      "word": "torsoclusion"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alternative medicine",
          "alternative medicine"
        ],
        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
        ],
        [
          "acupuncture",
          "acupuncture"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "acupoint",
          "acupoint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Sherwood Smith, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--Auger's Teacher:",
          "text": "The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "hemorrhage",
          "hemorrhage"
        ],
        [
          "cutaneous",
          "cutaneous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "指壓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐyā",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "指压"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "akupainanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "akupresszúra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しあつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiatsu",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "指圧"
    },
    {
      "alt": "指壓",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiap",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "word": "지압"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akupresura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acupressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "akupressúra",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "акупрессу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "akupressur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique",
      "word": "指壓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐyā",
      "sense": "an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique",
      "word": "指压"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique",
      "word": "akupainanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage",
      "word": "止血縫針法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐxuè féngzhēn fǎ",
      "sense": "(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage",
      "word": "止血缝针法"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage",
      "word": "akupainanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "akupresúra",
      "sense": "(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "акупресу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akupresura"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "acupressure"
  ],
  "word": "acupressure"
}

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