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From Latin acus ( “ needle ” ) + puncture . By surface analysis , acu- +‎ puncture .

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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 )

Borrowed from English acupuncture .

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acupuncture   f ( plural acupunctures )

1. acupuncture

• → Turkish: akupunktur

• “ acupuncture ”, in Tresor de la langue francaise informatise [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .