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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr & vb n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as to cup the end of a screw. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also sometimes a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. {Cupping glass}, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. {Dry cupping}, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc {Wet cupping}, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cupping n : a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
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