Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
massage Audio
mas·sage [ muh-sahj ]
Subclass of:
Therapy, Soft Tissue
Definitions related to massage:
  • Stimulation of the skin and underlying tissues with varying degrees of hand pressure to decrease pain, produce relaxation, and/or improve circulation
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • The systematic and methodical manipulations of body tissues best performed with the hands for the purpose of affecting the nervous and muscular systems and the general circulation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Massage, in medicine, systematic and scientific manipulation of body tissues, performed with the hands for therapeutic effect on the nervous and muscular systems and on systemic circulation. It was used more than 3,000 years ago by the Chinese. Later, the Greek physician Hippocrates used friction...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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