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acupuncture
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acupuncture
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun acupuncture has 1 sense
- acupuncture(n = noun.act) stylostixis - treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin; Array is a kind of intervention, treatment
CIDE DICTIONARY
acupuncture, n. [L. acus needle + punctura a pricking, fr. pungere to prick: cf. F. acuponcture.].
Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. [1913 Webster]
acupuncture, v. t.
To treat with acupuncture. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
acupuncture, n. a method (orig. Chinese) of treating various conditions by pricking the skin or tissues with needles.
Derivative
acupuncturist n.
Etymology
L acu with a needle + PUNCTURE
ROGET THESAURUS
acupuncture
Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.
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