acupressure

Meanings

1. An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
2. An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
3. A 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.

Etymology

Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure.