acupressure

[ ak-yoo-presh-er ]

noun

1. a type of massage in which finger pressure on the specific bodily sites described in acupuncture therapy is used to promote healing, alleviate fatigue, etc.
2. Medicine/Medical. a procedure for stopping blood flow from an injured blood vessel.

acupressure

/ ˈækjʊˌprɛʃə /

noun

1. See shiatsu
   another name for shiatsu

Word History and Origins

Origin of acupressure¹

First recorded in 1855–60; acu(puncture) + pressure

Word History and Origins

Origin of acupressure¹

C19: from acu ( puncture ) + pressure

Example Sentences

Elastic bracelets—with brads to place just so in an acupressure spot on the inner wrist purported to reduce nausea—are popular.

From The Daily Beast

Though the inventor of acupressure, his name will forever be associated with the introduction of chloroform.

From Project Gutenberg

Acupressure, checking hemorrhage in arteries during an operation by compressing their orifices with a needle.

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His friends endeavoured to rank acupressure with chloroform as one of the blessings to humanity made manifest by him.

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In this he was mistaken for, on the contrary, acupressure was beginning to be forgotten long before twenty-five years had elapsed.

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The nature of reparatory inflammation in arteries after ligatures, acupressure, and torsion.

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