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effleurage

eff·leu·rage

uncommon

noun

1.

a rhythmic stroking

  • “effleurage of the abdomen is used in the Lamaze method of childbirth”

Origin

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

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