n. /ak"yoo pungk'cheuhr/ ; v. /ak"yoo pungk'cheuhr, ak'yoo pungk"-/ , n. , v. , acupunctured, acupuncturing .
n.
1. a Chinese medical practice or procedure that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body.
v.t.
2. to perform acupuncture on.
[ 1675-85; acu with a needle (abl. of acus needle) or acu- (as comb. form of acus ) + PUNCTURE ]