Acupuncture

Acˊu-punc′ture

(ăkˊū̍-pŭṉk′tū̍r or ăk′ū̍-pŭṉkˊchū̍r)

,

Noun.

[L.

acus

needle +

punctura

a pricking, fr.

pungere

to prick: cf. F.

acuponcture

.]

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Specifically

(Med.)

:

The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes, such as to relieve pain. It was first recorded as being practised in

China

, and the technique is believed to be over 2,000 years old.

AS

Acˊu-punc′ture

,

Verb.

T.

To treat with acupuncture.

Acupuncture

ACUPUNC'TURE

,

Noun.

[L. acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]

Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle, as in head-aches and lethargies.

acupuncture

English

Noun

acupuncture ‎(plural acupunctures)

The insertion of needles into living tissue, especially for remedial purposes.

Related terms

acupuncturist

Translations

insertion of needles for remedial purposes

Arabic: الوَخْز بِالْإِبْر f ‎(al-waxz bi-l-ʾibr)
Asturian: acupuntura f
Belarusian: акупункту́ра f ‎(akupunktúra)
Bengali: আকুপাংচার ‎(akupangcar)
Bulgarian: акупункту́ра f ‎(akupunktúra)
Catalan: acupuntura (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 針灸 (zh), 针灸 (zh) ‎(zhēnjiǔ), 針術 (zh), 针术 (zh) ‎(zhēnshù)
Czech: akupunktura f
Danish: akupunktur (da) c
Dutch: acupunctuur (nl) f
Esperanto: akupunkturo (eo)
Estonian: akupunktuur, nõelravi
Finnish: akupunktio (fi)
French: acupuncture (fr) f
Galician: acupuntura f
German: Akupunktur (de) f
Greek: βελονισμός (el) m ‎(velonismós)
Hebrew: דיקור סיני (he) m ‎(dikur sini)
Hindi: एक्यूपंक्चर ‎(ēkyūpaṅkcar)

Hungarian: akupunktúra (hu)
Ido: akupunturo (io)
Italian: agopuntura (it) f
Japanese: 鍼 (ja) ‎(はり, hari), 鍼治療 ‎(はりちりょう, harichiryō), 鍼治 ‎(しんじ, shinji), 鍼術 ‎(しんじゅつ, shinjutsu)
Korean: 침술 (ko) ‎(chimsul)
Lithuanian: akupunktūra f
Macedonian: акупункту́ра f ‎(akupunktúra)
Maori: hauora-ā-ngira, haumanu-ā-ngira
Norwegian: akupunktur (no) m
Persian: طب سوزنی (fa) ‎(tebb-e suzani)
Polish: akupunktura (pl) f
Portuguese: acupuntura (pt) f
Romanian: acupunctură (ro) f
Russian: акупункту́ра (ru) f ‎(akupunktúra), иглоука́лывание (ru) n ‎(igloukályvanije)
Serbo-Croatian: akupunktura (sh) f
Sinhalese: කටු චිකිත්සාව n ‎(kaṭu cikitsāva), කටු වෙදකම n ‎(kaṭu vedakama)
Spanish: acupuntura (es) f
Swedish: akupunktur (sv) c
Telugu: ఆక్యుపంక్చర్ ‎(ākyupaṃkcar)
Ukrainian: акупункту́ра f ‎(akupunktúra)
Vietnamese: châm cứu

Verb

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

(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

Translations

to treat with acupuncture

Finnish: hoitaa akupunktiolla (fi), antaa akupunktiohoitoa

Portuguese: acupunturar (pt)
Russian: де́лать иглоука́лывание n ‎(délatʹ igloukályvanije), де́лать акупункту́ру f ‎(délatʹ akupunktúru)

French

Alternative forms

acuponcture (reformed spelling)

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ/

Noun

acupuncture f ‎(uncountable)

acupuncture

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Acupuncture

ACUPUNC'TURE

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