stylostixis

stylostixis

(ˌstaɪləʊˈstɪksɪs) n (Complementary Medicine) med another name for acupuncture[C20: New Latin, from Greek stulos style (pointed instrument) + stixis mark, spot]

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1.stylostixis - treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skinacupuncturetreatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)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