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

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cupping glass

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

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh

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.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel

Applying its cupping glass to the mason bee, the worm, without delay, began its meal, which lasts another fortnight.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Let no one say about me, that Emma Edwardovna is a spider, a vixen, a cupping glass.

From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster