ALL meanings of acupressure
ac·u·pres·sure
A a - uncountable noun acupressure Acupressure is the treatment of pain by a type of massage in which pressure is put on certain areas of a person's body. 3
- noun acupressure a practice analogous to acupuncture but involving the application of manual pressure to parts of the body rather than the insertion of needles 3
- noun acupressure a procedure of placing needles in the tissue adjacent to a seriously bleeding vessel to compress the vessel and stop the bleeding 3
- noun acupressure An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints. 1
- noun acupressure massage therapy 1
- noun acupressure a type of massage in which finger pressure on the specific bodily sites described in acupuncture therapy is used to promote healing, alleviate fatigue, etc. 1
- noun acupressure Medicine/Medical. a procedure for stopping blood flow from an injured blood vessel. 1
- noun acupressure (dated) 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. 0