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acuminate |
acuminate leaf |
acumination |
acuminose |
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acupressure
| acupuncturation
| acupuncture
| acustumaunce
| acutangular
| acute
acupressure
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun acupressure has 1 sense
- acupressure(n = noun.act) g-jo, shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body; Array is a kind of intervention, treatment
CIDE DICTIONARY
acupressure, n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.].
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]
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