acupuncture
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English
Etymology
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Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684.[1] By surface analysis, acu- + puncture.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/, /ˈæ.kjə-/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
acupuncture (usually uncountable, plural acupunctures)
- The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.
- 1974 October 16, “Acupuncture”, in The Jerusalem Post, volume XLIV, number 14221, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
insertion of needles for remedial purposes
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Verb
acupuncture (third-person singular simple present acupunctures, present participle acupuncturing, simple past and past participle acupunctured)
- (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
Translations
to treat with acupuncture
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See also
- acupressure (noun)
References
- “acupuncture, noun.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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