Associations to the word «Acupressure»

Wiktionary

ACUPRESSURE, noun. An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
ACUPRESSURE, noun. (dated) 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.

Dictionary definition

ACUPRESSURE, noun. Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca