Acupuncture
pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
(Science: medicine) Specifically, the insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
Origin: L. Acus needle – punctura a pricking, fr. Pungere to prick: cf. F. Acuponcture.
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