CUPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cupping mean? 

• CUPPING (noun)
  The noun CUPPING has 1 sense:

1. a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

  Familiarity information: CUPPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cupping" is a kind of...):

bloodletting (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))

Derivation:

cup (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)

 Context examples 

Cupping increases the flow of blood.

(Cupping, NCI Dictionary)