What's the difference between massage and masseur?

Massage


Definition:

  • (n.) A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus, carotid sinus massage and, to some extent, isoprenaline administration appear simple bedside tests which may be helpful in identifying the underlying mechanism of sick sinus syndrome.
  • (2) Two levels of massage were quantified and defined as light massage (LM) and deep massage (DM).
  • (3) It imitates the conventional percussion massage of the thorax by introducing high-frequency gas oscillations (300 impulses per minute) into the tracheobronchial system.
  • (4) Ventricular fibrillation was then induced and, after predetermined downtimes ranging from 5 to 60 minutes, thoracotomy was performed, and open-chest bimanual cardiac massage was started.
  • (5) The relationship of the electrocardiogram to clinical and pathological results was evaluated and indicates that (1) properly managed resuscitation (manual massage and defibrillation) is not a serious hazard, (2) ether in 100% oxygen is the agent of choice for surface-induced deep hypothermia with prolonged circulatory arrest, and (3) halothane may be used in a procedure combining surface cooling and perfusion rewarming if given in a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
  • (6) The catheter is extracted during massage of the prostate and finally EPS is aspirated through the internal lumen of the catheter.
  • (7) Intraocular pressure should be controlled via applanation tonometry, beginning with the fourth day after goniotrepanation, for a period of about three weeks, for early detection of postoperative pressure increases which can occur occasionally, so that they may be treated by digital massage of the bulb.
  • (8) Rabbit aorta contracting substance (RCS) and prostaglandins were released from guinea-pig isolated perfused lungs by gentle massage and also by infusion of Prosparol.2.
  • (9) It would appear that if initiation of open chest cardiac massage is delayed for more than 20 min from the onset of cardiac arrest, little or no successful outcome can be expected.
  • (10) Digital massage often can be used to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) after trabeculectomy or trabeculectomy combined with extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation.
  • (11) We investigated the possibility of significant corneal trauma (as revealed by slit lamp observation of the fluorescein instilled eye), and massage effects following determination of intraocular pressure with the A. O. Non-Contact tonometer (NCT).
  • (12) They have an exercise yard, computers, televisions, art classes and even massage on request.
  • (13) Massage of the carotid sinus was performed during sinus rhythm, during transesophageal atrial stimulation and during transcutaneous ventricle stimulation.
  • (14) To cap all this, it appears that Tesco may have massaged its bottom line by a not inconsequential quarter of a billion pounds.
  • (15) Connective tissue massage produces relief of pain and increases microcirculation in a number of vascular beds.
  • (16) (It is very respectful to massage the pig after it is dead.)
  • (17) Our data did not show intracardiac aspiration to be superior to either external cardiac massage of left lateral decubitus position despite the shorter resuscitation time.
  • (18) The follow-up of 70 patients with trauma-related locomotor disorders proved that breathing exercises, vibratory massage, chest heparin electrophoresis, drug inhalations early after the injury can be effective in prevention and treatment of pulmonary complications.
  • (19) He had normal routine testing, holter monitoring, head CT scan, carotid sinus massage, valsalva maneuver etc.
  • (20) Skin massage elicited a marked proliferative response in skin but was not a promoting stimulus.

Masseur


Definition:

  • (n. f.) Alt. of Masseuse

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Players may have ever-expanding retinues – coaches, fitness trainers, sports psychologists, masseurs, agents and managers – but ultimately they have to do the job alone, out there in the gladiatorial setting of a packed tennis court with only their thoughts for company.
  • (2) He says bakers make good masseurs too, from all that practice manipulating dough.
  • (3) Scott Parker had already succumbed in the first period of extra time and, during the breaks, England's physios and masseurs could be seen moving between the players, trying desperately to soothe their aching limbs.
  • (4) Branislav Ivanovic, who had only discovered post-match in a Sky television interview that his booking for scuffing the penalty spot ahead of Messi's attempt would rule him out of the showpiece, joked with the masseurs as if it actually mattered little.
  • (5) It was one of the masseurs' 50th birthday today, so we strapped him and volleyed a few balls at him, as us mature boys do, and that's it.
  • (6) Fysion Blesreg is a new system on which sports assistants (trainers, masseurs, physiotherapists and physicians) can rely for quick and straightforward registration and retrieval of personalized injury data.
  • (7) Charles A. Tyrrell was a masseur who obtained his MD degree at age 57 in 1900.
  • (8) The masseur of a famous ballet company developed severe contact dermatitis of his hands.
  • (9) This content analysis of 1,111 paid ads in the Advocate identifies 17 self-descriptive categories in the "Personals" (PER) and "Models, Masseurs, and Escorts" (MME) sections of the "Trader Dick" supplement.
  • (10) The costumes are so heavy performers are only allowed to wear them for 20 minutes at a stretch, and there's a physio and masseur on standby throughout filming, just in case.
  • (11) Paul, a gay sex worker and masseur working from a flat in Glasgow insists that transparency is the only way to improve the health, safety and status of sex workers.
  • (12) Shimshon Liebman, who chaired the Shalit campaign committee for the past three years, received offers of help, including from a professor of nutrition and a masseur.
  • (13) Already, they have a lavish backroom support staff that would make their rivals jealous, including a nutritionist, a masseur, a doctor, a recovery specialist, two physiotherapists, two kit men, a video tactician and three coaches.
  • (14) It is understood that Mourinho’s issues with Carneiro have nothing to do with Diego Costa’s recurrent hamstring trouble – the striker’s treatment has been carried out by the club’s physiotherapists and masseurs.
  • (15) Officially it's to aid quick healing of cuts and road rash, and to make life easier for the team masseurs.
  • (16) Lying back on the thick cushions of an armchair in his villa, with the windows curtained against an angry sun that was threatening to evaporate the Zaire River as it slid like a grassy ocean past his front door, he talked with the quiet contentment of a man whose thoughts were acting on him as comfortingly as the hands of a good masseur.
  • (17) The masseurs and other back room staff walk over the affected area, mimicking the sloping gait of ice skaters.
  • (18) Of course we Cubans aspire to more democracy, more liberty and more of everything, because the truth is that life here is really hard,” said Roger Granado, a 44-year-old masseur from the working-class Cerro neighbourhood.
  • (19) Stiner was the masseur who alleged he saw a bottle of Androgel, a testosterone gel, in Salazar’s training camp in Park City in 2008.
  • (20) Burgess, a masseur, was a candidate for the Voluntary Euthanasia party in the last federal election, and had been a campaigner for the euthanasia advocacy group Exit International for about 15 years before he was diagnosed with rectal cancer in November 2011.

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