effleurage

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Definition of effleurage

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A form of massage involving smooth strokes of the skin with one's hands.

“When shampoo is spread on to the hair it is called an effleurage massage movement.”
“Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A form of massage involving smooth strokes of the skin with one's hands.

“When shampoo is spread on to the hair it is called an effleurage massage movement.”
“Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.”

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Borrowed from French effleurage, from effleurer (“to stroke lightly”).

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