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ACUPUNCTURE (from Lat. acus, a needle, and pungere, to prick)

ACUPUNCTURE (from See also:
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Lat. acus, a See also:
NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)
needle, and pungere, to prick) , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of surgical operation, performed by pricking the See also:

PART

part affected with a See also:

NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle . It has See also:

long been used by the See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese in cases of headaches, lethargies, See also:

CONVULSIONS

convulsions, colics, &c .

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