acupuncture
noun /ˈækjupʌŋktʃə(r)/
/ˈækjupʌŋktʃər/
[uncountable]- a Chinese method of treating pain and illness using special thin needles that are pushed into the skin in particular parts of the body
- I'm having acupuncture for a bad back.
- Needles are inserted into specific acupuncture points in the body.
Wordfinder- acupuncture
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Extra ExamplesTopics Medicineb2- Acupuncture has been practised in China for thousands of years.
- My doctor recommended a course of acupuncture.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of acupuncture- course
- have
- give somebody
- practise/practice
- …
- point
- needle
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin acu ‘with a needle’ + puncture.