Usually means: Gentle, sweeping strokes in massage.
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  1. effleurage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. effleurage: Collins English Dictionary
  3. effleurage: Vocabulary.com
  4. effleurage: Wordnik
  5. effleurage: Wiktionary
  6. effleurage: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. effleurage: Dictionary.com
  8. Effleurage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. effleurage: Rhymezone
  10. effleurage: FreeDictionary.org
  11. effleurage: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. effleurage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. effleurage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Glossary of Spa Terms (No longer online)

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. effleurage: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. effleurage: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (effleurage)

noun:  (massage) A form of massage involving smooth strokes of the skin with one's hands.
verb:  (massage) To gently stroke the skin in a circular motion with the palm of one's hands.

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