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▪ I. acupuncture, n.|ˈækjuːpʌŋktʃə(r) formerly ˌækjuːˈpʌŋktjʊə(r), -tʃə(r)|
[f. L. acū with a needle + puncture.]
Pricking with a needle; a prick so made. spec. The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 33 They have a two-fold method of Cure [in gout]..Acupuncture, and burning with their Moxa. 1801E. Darwin Zoonomia III. 254 In cases of strangulated hernia, could acupuncture..be used with safety? 1872Thomas Dis. Women 291 Acupuncture..may be performed by an ordinary three-sided surgical needle. 1875M. Collins Th. in my Garden (1880) II. vi. 224 The bees this year are..stinging with unusual sharpness of acupuncture.
Hence ˈacupuncturist, one who practises acupuncture.
1962F. Mann Acupuncture i. 6 The acupuncturist..has to learn to be aware of emanations so fine and subtle as to be scarcely appreciable by ordinary sense perceptions. 1972Manaka & Urquhart Layman's Guide Acupuncture i. 78 Many acupuncturists rely simply on this twenty-four-hour biorhythm. 1983Listener 7 July 22/2 Our own Queen has an acupuncturist in attendance.
▸ acupuncture point n.‹acupuncture n. + point n.1, in quot. 1934 after Chinese xué, lit. ‘hole’ Alternative Med. any of various distinct points on the surface of the body, into which fine needles are inserted during acupuncture and which are manipulated during various other alternative therapies; cf. acupoint n.
1932K. C. Wong & Wu Lien-teh Hist. Chinese Med. vii. opp. 27 (caption) Chart showing course of travelling vessels and *acupuncture points. 1972Y. Manaka & I. A. Urquhart Layman's Guide Acupuncture (1977) ii. 96 The point of the needle is placed on the acupuncture point chosen for treatment and the skin is pierced very lightly while the needle is held near its point. 2003Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 23 June 4 e, The test is followed by acupressure (finger taps on acupuncture points) along the spine while the patient holds the allergen.
▪ II. acupuncture, v.
[f. the n.]
= acupunctuate. |