1. Cupping therapy is usually used as part of acupuncture or body work treatment. 2. Cupping therapy involves heating the air inside a glass cup, which removes some of the air from the cup. The cup is then quickly placed on the skin, and the resulting vacuum pulls the skin part of the way into the cup. The cup may be left in place for several minut [..]

A procedure in which a rounded glass cup is warmed and placed upside down over an area of the body, creating suction that holds the cup to the skin. Cupping increases the flow of blood. In traditional [..]

A type of warping that causes boards to curl up at their edges.

The application of a heated cup to the skin, creating a slight vacuum , which causes swelling of the tissues beneath and an increase in the flow of blood to the area. This was thought to draw out harm [..]

When a warp develops in wood plank siding.

  Procedure used by professional tasters to perform sensory evaluation of samples of coffee beans. The beans are ground, water is poured over the grounds, and the liquid is tasted both hot and as it c [..]

The damaged condition of motion picture film that can no longer lie flat laterally, caused by different rates of shrinkage across its surface (see this example). Film buckles when the edges are shorte [..]

A concave or dished appearance of individual strips with the edges raised above the center. The opposite of crowning.

"Likened to wine tasting, cupping is isolating the different attributes of the tasted coffees."

(n) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle(n) the quantity a cup will hold(n) any cup-shaped concavity(n) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces(n) cup-sha [..]

An indentation in the optic disc that grows abnormally large with glaucoma.

A type of warping that causes boards to curl up at their edges.

A press forming operation in which a cup shaped part is produced from sheet metal. Cupping is often the first operation in the production of a complex deep drawn part

A condition where islands of paint, separated by cracks, develop concave centres with raised edges, like shallow cups.

You may be familiar with wine "tasting," in which wine drinkers and connoisseurs observe the qualities of wine.  When you are discerning the different flavors, body, acidity and other qualities of coffee, it is called "cupping."  This is a skill that takes time to learn and develop, but anyone who enjoys coffee can learn cupping [..]

A case in which cancer cells are found in the body, but the place where the cells first started growing (the origin or primary site) cannot be determined. Also called cancer of unknown primary origin and carcinoma of unknown primary.

A condition that develops on wood plank flooring materials when the joints between planks absorb moisture and swell, causing expansion and raising of the edges of each plank.

A Chinese therapy that uses heated cups to stimulate the flow of energy by placing them on the skin of the meridan line.

A type of sadomasochistic play derived from a healing practice in ancient Chinese medicine. Typically the dom uses a flame to remove the oxygen from a glass cup. The cup is then quickly placed on the [..]