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ACUPUNCTURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin

Synonyms:

acupuncture; stylostixis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("acupuncture" is a kind of...):

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb acupuncture

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 Context examples: 

Pain relievers, acupuncture and sometimes surgery are helpful.

(Pain, NIH)

In traditional Chinese medicine, a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area.

(Moxibustion, NCI Dictionary)

A type of acupuncture in which a microwave device is attached to an acupuncture needle to give microwave radiation at an acupuncture point.

(Microwave acupuncture, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which pulses of weak electrical current are sent through acupuncture needles into acupuncture points in the skin.

(Electroacupuncture, NCI Dictionary)

In traditional Chinese medicine, one of 20 channels that form a network through which qi (the body's vital energy) flows and that connect the body’s acupuncture sites.

(Meridian, NCI Dictionary)

Acupuncture involves stimulation of specific points on the body, known as acupoints.

(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)

Researchers don't fully understand how acupuncture works.

(Acupuncture, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Oriental medicine includes acupuncture, diet, herbal therapy, meditation, physical exercise, and massage.

(Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, NCI Dictionary)

A specific spot on the body where an acupuncture needle may be inserted to control pain and other symptoms.

(Acupoint, NCI Dictionary)

CAM may include dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.

(CAM, NCI Dictionary)