[uncountable,countable]the action of rubbing and pressing a person’s body with the hands to reduce pain in the muscles and jointsMassage will help the pain.a back massageto give somebody a massagemassage oilsOnce a week I have a sauna and a massage.The physiotherapist gave me a massage to ease the pain.They managed to revive the injured driver with cardiac massage.Wordfindertreatmentacupuncture,chiropractor,complementary medicine,herbalism,holistic,homeopathy,hypnotist,massage,reflexology,treatmentOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivegentle,relaxing,soothing,…verb + massageenjoy,have,receive,…massage + nounparlour/parlor,chair,table,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Complementary medicineWord Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from masser ‘knead, treat with massage’, probably from Portuguese amassar ‘knead’, from massa ‘dough’.
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