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Acupuncture   /ˈækjupˌəŋktʃər/   Listen
Acupuncture

noun
1.
Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.  Synonym: stylostixis.






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"Acupuncture" Quotes from Famous Books



... older men know nothing of the mechanism of the human body, as dissection is unknown to native science. Dr. Nosoki told me that he relies mainly on the application of the moxa and on acupuncture in the treatment of acute diseases, and in chronic maladies on friction, medicinal baths, certain animal and vegetable medicines, and certain kinds of food. The use of leeches and blisters is unknown to him, and he regards mineral drugs with obvious ...
— Unbeaten Tracks in Japan • Isabella L. Bird



Words linked to "Acupuncture" :   PRC, china, stylostixis, People's Republic of China, treatment, intervention, Cathay, Red China, Communist China, mainland China



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