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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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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