acupuncture

Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684.^[1] By surface analysis, acu- +‎ puncture.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/, /ˈæ.kjə-/

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acupuncture (usually uncountable, plural acupunctures)

1. 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^[1], 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.

acupuncture (third-person singular simple present acupunctures, present participle acupuncturing, simple past and past participle acupunctured)

1. (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

• acupressure (noun)

• acuponcture (post-1990 spelling)

Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra.

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ/

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acupuncture f (plural acupunctures)

1. acupuncture

• → Turkish: akupunktur

• “acupuncture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.