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shi·at·su

(shē-ät′so͞o)

A form of therapeutic massage in which pressure is applied with the thumbs and palms to those areas of the body used in acupuncture. Also called acupressure.

[Short for Japanese shiatsuryōhō : shi, finger + atsu-, pressure + ryōhō, treatment.]

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shiatsu

shiatzu

(Complementary Medicine) massage in which pressure is applied to the same points of the body as in acupuncture. Also called: acupressure

[Japanese, from Chinese chĭ finger + yā pressure]

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shi•at•su

or shi•at•zu

(ʃiˈɑt su)

n. (sometimes cap.)

a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.

[1965–70; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, = Chinese chǐ finger + yā pressure]

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shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

acupressure, G-Jo

treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

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shiatsu

[ʃiːˈætsuː] N → shiatsu m, digitopuntura f

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shiatsu

[ʃiːˈætsuː] n → shiatsu m

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shiatsu

n → Shiatsu nt

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Shiatsu

n. técnica oriental de acupuntura, masaje del cuerpo con presión de los dedos y la palma de las manos para liberar la energía.

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