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Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

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  1. n. Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
  2. n. The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
  3. v. t. To treat with acupuncture.
  4. n. treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
  5. Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.): The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes. To treat with acupuncture.
  6. Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):
  7. n:100 n. treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin