Acupuncture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A procedure used in or adapted from Chinese medical practice in which specific body areas are pierced with fine needles for therapeutic purposes or to relieve pain or produce regional anesthesia.
  • v. To subject to acupuncture.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The insertion of needles into living tissue, especially for remedial purposes.
  • v. To treat with acupuncture.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
  • v. To treat with acupuncture.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A surgical operation consisting in the insertion of delicate needles in the tissues.
  • n. A mode of infanticide in some countries, consisting in forcing a needle into the brain of the child.
  • In surgery, to perform the operation of acupuncture upon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    treatment    intervention   
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