acupressure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
    shiatsu; G-Jo.

WordNet

Ac`u*pres"sure noun
Etymology
L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.
Definitions
  1. (Surg.) 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. Simpson.

Webster 1913