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acupuncture

English

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.
    Latin acus
    Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.
    Proto-Italic *pungō
    Latin pungō
    Latin pūnctus
    Latin -tura
    English acupuncture

    Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684.[1] By surface analysis, acu- +‎ puncture.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/
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    Noun

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    acupuncture (usually uncountable, plural acupunctures)

    1. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.
      • 1974 October 16, “Acupuncture”, in The Jerusalem Post‎[1], volume XLIV, number 14221, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
        Chinese doctors at Chishan County Hospital in Shansi Province have used acupuncture on the scalp to cure a patient suffering from paralysis of the right limbs caused by inflammation of the brain’s blood vessels.

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    Verb

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    acupuncture (third-person singular simple present acupunctures, present participle acupuncturing, simple past and past participle acupunctured)

    1. (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

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    References

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    1. ^ “acupuncture, noun.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra.

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      Noun

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      acupuncture f (plural acupunctures)

      1. acupuncture

      Descendants

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      • → Turkish: akupunktur

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