reflexology
reflexology Lexical Profile
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• noun
A system of alternative therapy and massage in which pressure is applied to specific points on the feet, hands, or ears believed to correspond to various organs and systems of the body.
"After standing on her feet all day at the hospital, the nurse booked a soothing reflexology session to relieve her tension."
The scientific study and interpretation of involuntary physiological reflexes and behavioral responses to stimuli.
"Early twentieth-century psychologists explored reflexology as an objective framework for understanding conditioned human behavior."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century from 'reflex' and the suffix '-ology', originally in Russian psychology by Vladimir Bekhterev to describe the study of reflex responses, and later adopted in the 1930s by Eunice Ingham for zone therapy massage.