stylostixis [ˌstaɪləʊˈstɪksɪs]
n
(Medicine / Complementary Medicine) Med another name for acupuncture
[New Latin, from Greek stulos style (pointed instrument) + stixis mark, spot]
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| Noun | 1. |  stylostixis - treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skintreatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) 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 |
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