English Dictionary

cupping

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌpɪŋ/

名詞

古語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.

日本語の意味

部分真空を形成し、体表面から血液を吸引する操作（古風な医療行為）

In the 18th-century infirmary, the surgeon recommended cupping to relieve the patient's fever, though the practice had already begun to fall out of favor.

18世紀の療養所で、外科医は患者の熱を和らげるために吸引による瀉血を勧めたが、その慣習はすでに廃れ始めていた。

意味（1）

(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.

意味（2）

(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.

意味（3）

(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.

意味（4）

The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.

cuppings （ plural ）