acupuncture
n.
1680s, "pricking with a needle" to ease pain, from Latin acus "needle" (see acuity) + puncture. The verb is first recorded 1972.
〔李〕[acu;punct;-uren.] n.针刺疗法 ←acu (L acus)=needle 针
〔李〕[ac-;-u-;punct;-uren.] n.针灸 v.对……施行针疗 ←pung,punct (L pungere,punctum)=to prick 刺
〔蒋〕[acu针，puncture刺] 针刺，针刺疗法，针炙治疗