Medical Practice of Creating Suction on Skin

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Mesopotamia, Group 975, Puzzle 2 (Early Cartography).

Question is: Medical Practice of Creating Suction on Skin

and the answer is: CUPPING

Word Meaning:

CUPPING — (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.

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