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acupressure
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acupressure, n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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