Crossword-Solution: ACUPRESSURE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Acupressure | n. | 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. |
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| Shiatsu | 1 answer |
| the application of pressure to discrete points on the body for therapeutic effects | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEORCA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ACUPRESSURE (5)
The sutures were made by means of seven thin, hot iron spikes, resembling acupressure-needles, closing the peritoneum and skin.
Professor George Porter of Dublin records an interesting case of subclavian aneurism, in which, after failing to close the axillary artery by acupressure, he applied L'Estrange's compressor to the innominate itself for three days, with temporary benefit.
CHAPTER X PERSONAL--PROFESSORIAL--PROFESSIONAL His genius--Fertility of resource--Personal influence--Work in obstetrics and gynæcology and surgery--His lecturing and teaching--The healing of wounds--Acupressure--Hospitalism--Proposal to stamp out infectious diseases.
Simpson persisted for years in collecting reports of operations in which acupressure was employed, and published them from time to time in the _British Medical Journal_ and elsewhere.
His friends endeavoured to rank acupressure with chloroform as one of the blessings to humanity made manifest by him.
Quotes with ACUPRESSURE (2)
The ufo is nothing more than an assertion of herself by the Goddess into history, saying to science and paternalistically governed and driven organizations: You have gone far enough. We are going to turn the world upside down. Your science is going to be shown up for what it is, nothing more than a pleasant metaphor usefully extrapolated into the production of toys for healthy children. That's what science is good for. It is not some meta-theory at whose feet every point of v…
I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the whole person.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2003).