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acupressure definition

acu·pres·sure (ak′yo̵̅o̅ pres̸h′ər, -yə-)

noun

  1. a practice analogous to acupuncture but involving the application of manual pressure to parts of the body rather than the insertion of needles
  2. Med. a procedure of placing needles in the tissue adjacent to a seriously bleeding vessel to compress the vessel and stop the bleeding

Etymology: acu(puncture) + pressure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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