acupressure
noun
[ ˈakjʊˌprɛʃə ]
• a form of alternative therapy in which manual pressure is used to stimulate specific points on the body along what are considered to be lines of energy.
• a method of controlling bleeding involving the use of a needle to apply pressure to a ruptured blood vessel.
Origin:
mid 19th century (in acupressure (sense 2)): from acu- (in acupuncture) + pressure; in acupressure (sense 1), which dates from the 1970s, the word was chosen to reflect the close association of the therapy with acupuncture.
