effleurage
Americannoun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of effleurage
1885–90; < French, equivalent to effleur ( er ) (to) stroke as one would a flower (i.e., lightly; see ef-, flower) + -age -age
Vocabulary lists containing effleurage
Example Sentences
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The wholistic therapy incorporates herbal heat wraps, reflexology, effleurage and lymphatic drainage detoxification.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2019
At Prentice Women's Hospital, in Chicago, twelve couples are learning a procedure called effleurage, part of the Lamaze method of "prepared" child delivery.
From Time Magazine Archive
He schooled his patients in effleurage, a simple massage of the lower abdomen that serves to lessen muscular tension during contractions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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