Meanings
nounacupressure (countable and uncountable, plural acupressures)
plural acupressures
- uncountableAn alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
- countableAn act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face.
2001, Sherwood Smith, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--Auger's Teacher - countabledateduncountableA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nountreatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
Similar
G-Joshiatsu
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 指壓 /指压, 指壓 /指压
- 指壓 /指压 (zhǐyā)alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
- 指壓 /指压 (zhǐyā)an act or instance of applying an acupressure technique
- 止血縫針法 /止血缝针法 (zhǐxuè féngzhēn fǎ)(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage
Finnish akupainanta, akupainanta
- akupainantaalternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
- akupainantaan act or instance of applying an acupressure technique
- akupainanta(dated) mode of arresting hemorrhage
German Akupressur
- Akupressuralternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Hungarian akupresszúra
- akupresszúraalternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Japanese 指圧
- 指圧 (shiatsu)alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Korean 지압
- 지압 (jiap)alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Polish akupresura
- akupresuraalternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Portuguese acupressão
- acupressãoalternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Russian акупрессу́ра
- акупрессу́ра (akupressúra)alternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
Swedish akupressur
- akupressuralternative medicine technique in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints
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acupressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acupressure
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“acupressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acupressure. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acupressure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acupressure.
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