Pressure or massage applied to specific points on the body, similar to acupuncture but using finger pressure instead of needles.
From Latin 'acus' (needle) + English 'press' (to apply pressure). This is a modern compound word created by health practitioners in the 20th century to describe a non-needle version of the traditional acupuncture technique. The term borrows the 'acu-' prefix from acupuncture while replacing puncture with pressure.
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