Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cupping

1 sense of cupping

Sense 1
cupping -- (a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface)
       => bloodletting -- (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cup

3 senses of cup

Sense 1
cup -- (form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Sense 2
cup -- (put into a cup; "cup the milk")
       => insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce -- (introduce; "Insert your ticket here")

Sense 3
cup, transfuse -- (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)
       => treat, care for -- (provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics")