cup
(kŭp)
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[L. cuppa, drinking vessel]
1. A small drinking vessel.
2. A cupping glass.
SEE: cupping
3. An athletic supporter (jock strap) reinforced with a piece of firm material to cover the male genitalia; worn to protect the penis and testicles during vigorous and contact sports.
4. Either of the two cup-shaped halves of a brassiere that fit over a breast.
5. A method of producing counterirritation.
SEE: cupping
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cup." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753311/0/cup.
Cup. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753311/0/cup. Accessed December 13, 2024.
Cup. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753311/0/cup
Cup [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753311/0/cup.
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