STYLOSTIXIS

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 ("stylostixis" 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)

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