Swedish massage

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a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.

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Origin of Swedish massage

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby Swedish massage

Swedenborgian, Swedenborgianism, swedger, Swedish, Swedish ivy, Swedish massage, Swedish mile, Swedish Nightingale, Swedish turnip, Swedish vallhund, Sweelinck

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His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
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According to Adoflsson, the tradition is nothing more than good vs. evil, set in a quaint Swedish town.
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The whole thing's in Swedish and clearly not to Hitchcock's taste.
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The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.
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From some points, hundreds of acres of the Swedish and French may be seen, and they are rarely or never out of view.
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A furious storm raged at the time, which destroyed two Swedish ships.
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She was the daughter of a peasant of Livonia, married a Swedish dragoon, who was killed on the same day in battle.
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At the time of Blcher's surrender at Lbeck he had treated with great courtesy certain Swedish prisoners.
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British Dictionary definitions for Swedish massage

Swedish massage

noun

massage combined with a system (Swedish movements or gymnastics) of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints

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Medical definitions for Swedish massage

Swedish massage

[ swē′dĭsh ]

n.

A system of therapeutic massage and exercise for the muscles and joints, developed in Sweden in the 19th century.

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