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Acupuncture   /ˈækjupˌəŋktʃər/   Listen
Acupuncture

noun
1.
Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.  Synonym: stylostixis.





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"Acupuncture" Quotes from Famous Books



... alternative therapists and their specialties were very interesting to me, but I found that most of the approaches they advocated did not suit my personality. For example, I think that acupuncture is a very useful tool, but I personally did not want to use needles. Similarly I thought that Rolfing was a very effective tool but I did not enjoy administering that much pain, although a significant number of the clients really wanted pain. Some of the techniques ...
— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon
 
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Words linked to "Acupuncture" :   china, People's Republic of China, intervention, Communist China, Cathay, mainland China, treatment, PRC, Red China



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