[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cup \cup\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cupped ku^pt; p. pr.  vb.
   n. cupping.
   1. to supply with cups of wine. r.
      1913 webster

            cup us, till the world go round.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. surg. to apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
      operation of cupping. see cupping.
      1913 webster

   3. mech. to make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
      cup the end of a screw.
      1913 webster
see also:
cupped cupping 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
cupping glass dry cupping wet cupping 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cupping
     see cup
see also:
cup 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cup
     n 1: a united states liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
     2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee";
        "he borrowed a cup of sugar" syn: cupful
     3: a small open container usually used for drinking; usually
        has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the
        handle of the cup was missing"
     4: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
        trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept
        the cups is a special glass case" syn: loving cup
     5: any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with
        honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup
        of her bra"
     6: the hole or metal container in the hole on a golf green;
        "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away";
        "put the flag back in the cup"
     7: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
     8: cup-shaped plant organ
     v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "she cupped her hands"
     2: put into a cup; "cup the milk"
     3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin syn:
         transfuse
     also: cupping, cupped
see also:
cupful loving cup transfuse cupping cupped 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cupping
     n : a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin
         to draw blood through the surface

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 moby thesaurus words for "cupping":
   aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, drafting, drainage,
   draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, phlebotomy,
   pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping,
   venesection

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