effleurage

[,eflə'rɑ:ʒ]

effleurage (n.): "gentle rubbing with the palm of the hand," 1886, from French effleurage, from effleurer "to graze, touch lightly, touch upon, strip the leaves off," from ef- "out" (see ex-) + fleur as in the phrase à fleur de "on a level with," from German Flur "a plain, field, meadow" (see floor (n.)).

1. Effleurage of the abdomen is used in the lamaze method of childbirth.: 腹部轻抚法是用于孕妇的心理助产法.