cupping glass

American  

noun

1. a glass vessel, used in cupping, in which a partial vacuum is created, as by heat.

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cupping glass British  

noun

1. Also called: artificial leech.  archaic med a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting

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Etymology

Origin of cupping glass

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.

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On the right is a vessel of peculiar form, resembling a cupping glass, but on a scale out of all proportion to that of the group, and not to be considered as a part of it.

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He suggested the use of a cupping glass or a syringe, or in case of necessity even of the mouth for this purpose.

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Demours’ instrument, first introduced in 1819, consisted of a cupping glass with two protruding tubes, one containing a lancet, and the other an exhausting syringe.

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John S. Billings described the boot as “An apparatus for enclosing a limb, and from which air can be exhausted so as to produce the effect of a large cupping glass.”

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