SHIATSU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shiatsu mean? 

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

1. treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIATSU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

acupressure; G-Jo; shiatsu

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

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

 Context examples 

Conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu.

(Defined Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): Procedures may involve the disruption of some body surface (e.g. an incision in a surgical procedure) conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu, counseling, etc.

(Performed Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)