Definition of Acupresure

Definition of Acupresure

Acupressure, checking hemorrhage in arteries during an operation by compressing their orifices with a needle.

- Wikipedia

Ac`u*pres"sure (&?;), n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.] (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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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