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CUPPING-GLASS

\kˈʌpɪŋɡlˈas], \kˈʌpɪŋɡlˈas], \k_ˈʌ_p_ɪ_ŋ_ɡ_l_ˈa_s]\

Definitions of CUPPING-GLASS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Cup for drawing blood, or for local stimulation.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. A glass vessel like a cup, applied to the skin to draw blood by exhausting the air in the glass.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A glass used by scarifier to draw out the blood by rarefying the air.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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