Definitions
treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
Word origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684. By surface analysis, acu- + puncture.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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01“Needle therapy”11 letters
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