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.

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