Acupuncture
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
(2): (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
(3): (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The operation of pricking an affected part with a needle, and leaving it for a short time in it, sometimes for as long as an hour.