acupuncture

Etymology

From Latin acus (“needle”) + puncture; surface analysis, acu- + puncture.

noun

  1. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
    Chinese doctors at Chishan County Hospital in Shansi Province have used acupuncture on the scalp to cure a patient suffering from paralysis of the right limbs caused by inflammation of the brain’s blood vessels. October 16, 1974, “Acupuncture”, in The Jerusalem Post, volume XLIV, number 14221, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2

verb

  1. (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

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