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STYLOSTIXIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
Synonyms:
acupuncture; stylostixis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stylostixis" is a kind of...):
intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)