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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body;
[syn: acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acupressure \Ac`u*pres"sure\, n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.] (Surg.) 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. --Simpson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acupressure n 1: treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body [syn: acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu]