ACUPRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acupressure mean? 

• ACUPRESSURE (noun)
  The noun ACUPRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

  Familiarity information: ACUPRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUPRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

acupressure; G-Jo; shiatsu

Hypernyms ("acupressure" is a kind of...):

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

 Context examples 

This systems of practice includes acupuncture, acupressure, herbal applications, massage, diet, and exercises.

(Oriental medicine, NCI Thesaurus)

These systems of practice include areas acupuncture, acupressure, herbal applications, massage, diet, and exercises.

(Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)