cup

[A. S. cuppe.] I. An excavated or cup-shaped structure, either anatomical or pathological, z. A cupping-gla . To apply a cupping-gla . dry c, a cupping-gla applied to the unbroken surface for the purpose of drawing blood to the part without abstracting any; see wet c. glauco'matous t., an excavation of the optic disc occurring in glaucoma, op'tic c, the secondary ocular vesicle, made cup-shaped by pre ure of the lenticular vesicle, physio log'ical c, a funnel shaped excavation of the optic disc, an exaggeration of the normal depre ion, caused by the dragging of the ciliary muscle in efforts at accommodation, ret'iual c, excavation of the optic disc, wet c, a cupping-gla applied to a part previously scarified or incised, in order to draw away blood.