Look up: tapotement


  1. Tapotement
    Tapotement is a specific technique used in Swedish massage. It is a rhythmic percussion, most frequently administered with the edge of the hand, a cupped hand or the tips of the fingers. There are five types of tapotement including Beating (closed fist lightly hitting area), Slapping(use of fingers...
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  2. tapotement
    [n] - massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand
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  3. tapotement
    A massage movement consisting in striking with the side of the hand, usually with partly flexed fingers. ... Synonym: tapping. ... Origin: Fr. Fr. Tapoter, to tap ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  4. tapotement
    noun massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis
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  5. tapotement
    (tah-pōt-maw´) a tapping manipulation in massage.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  6. tapotement
    (from the article `massage`) ...toward the heart; compression (petrissage), which includes kneading, squeezing, and friction and is useful in stretching scar tissue, muscles, and ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/12

  7. tapotement
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tă-pot-mawn[h]′ Definitions: 1. A massage movement consisting in striking with the side of the hand, usually with partly flexed fingers. Synonyms: tapping1
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=89690

  8. tapotement
    1) Massage
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tapotement/1

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