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1. (n.) acupuncture
a Chinese medical practice that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body.
Etymology: (1675–85; < L acū with a needle +puncture)
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| Definition of 'acupuncture' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acupuncture, stylostixis
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
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| Definition of 'acupuncture' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) acupuncture
pricking with a needle; a needle prick
2. (noun) acupuncture
the insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes
3. (verb) acupuncture
to treat with acupuncture
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| Definitions of 'acupuncture' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. acupuncture
the operation of pricking an affected part with a needle, and leaving it for a short time in it, sometimes for as long as an hour.
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| Definition of 'acupuncture' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. acupuncture
The occupational discipline of the traditional Chinese methods of ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY for treating disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians.
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Sense: a method of treating illness etc by sticking needles into the patient's skin at certain points.
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 Afrikaans: akupunktuur |
 Arabic: عَلَاج الوَخْز بِالإبْرَه |
 Bulgarian: акупунктура |
 Brazilian: acupuntura |
 Czech: akupunktura |
 German: die Akupunktur |
 Danish: akupunktur |
 Greek: βελονισμός |
 Spanish: acupuntura |
 Estonian: nõelravi |
 Farsi: طب سوزنی |
 Finnish: akupunktio |
 French: acupuncture |
 Hebrew: דִיקוּר בְּמחָטִים |
 Hindi: सूई चुभा कर इलाज करने की |
 Croatian: akupunktura |
 Hungarian: akupunktúra |
 Indonesian: tusuk jarum |
 Icelandic: nálarstungulækningar |
 Italian: agopuntura |
 Japanese: 針療治 |
 Korean: 침술(요법) |
 Lithuanian: akupunktūra |
 Latvian: akupunktūra |
 Malay: akupuntur |
 Dutch: acupunctuur |
 Norwegian: akupunktur |
 Polish: akupunktura |
 Persian: طب سوزنی |
 Pashto: سوزنی طب |
 Portuguese: acupuntura |
 Romanian: acupunctură |
 Russian: иглоукалывание |
 Slovak: akupunktúra |
 Slovenian: akupunktura |
 Serbian: akupunktura |
 Swedish: akupunktur |
 Thai: การฝังเข็ม |
 Turkish: iğneyle tedavi, akupunktu |
 Taiwanese: 針灸療法 |
 Ukrainian: акупунктура, голкотерапія |
 Urdu: سوزن زنی ، چینی طریقۂ عل |
 Vietnamese: châm cứu |
 Chinese: 针灸疗法 |
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