Usually means: Traditional Chinese medicine needle therapy.
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  1. acupuncture: Merriam-Webster
  2. acupuncture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acupuncture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acupuncture: Collins English Dictionary
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  15. Acupuncture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. acupuncture: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. acupuncture: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  24. acupuncture: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. acupuncture: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  1. Acupuncture: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. acupuncture: Encyclopedia

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  1. acupuncture: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. Acupuncture: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
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noun:  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.
verb:  (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

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