Dictionary

acupressure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæ.kjuˌpɹɛʃ.ɚ/ (General-American)
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• /ˈæ.kjuˌpɹɛʃ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæ.kjə-/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
2. (countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
   • The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face. 2001, Sherwood Smith, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--Auger's Teacher:
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.

Forms

Deriveds

acupressurist

Relateds

circumclusion · acupuncture · retroclusion · torsoclusion

Translations (16)

mk акупресу́ра ((dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage) · fi akupainanta ((dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage) · sh akupresura ((dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage) · de Akupressur (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · hu akupresszúra (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · ru акупрессу́ра (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · cmn 止血縫針法 /止血缝针法 ((dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage) · ja 指圧 (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · cmn 指壓 /指压 (an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique) · pt acupressão (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · fi akupainanta (an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique) · sv akupressur (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · cmn 指壓 /指压 (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · fi akupainanta (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · ko 지압 (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints) · pl akupresura (alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints)