acupuncture

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

acupuncture

from Latin acupunctura (same meaning), composed of acus ('needle') and punctura ('puncture'). This medicine was developed under the Han dynasty in China.

Definition

médecine non conv

Plural

acupunctures

Translations

  • germangerman:Akupunktur
  • englishenglish:acupuncture
  • chinesechinese:针灸
  • danishdanish:akupunktur
  • spanishspanish:acupuntura
  • hebrewhebrew:דיקור סיני
  • italianitalian:agopuntura
  • japanesejapanese:針
  • dutchdutch:acupunctuur
  • polishpolish:akupunktura
  • portugueseportuguese:acupuntura
  • swedishswedish:akupunktur
  • turkishturkish:akupunktur

See also

acupuncteur (cn.) acuponcteur (cn.) acupuncturer (v.) acuponcturer (v.)