acupunctura

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Etymology

    Coined by 17th-century Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne in 1683, from acus (needle) +‎ pūnctūra (puncture).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    acūpūnctūra f (genitive acūpūnctūrae); first declension (New Latin)

    1. acupuncture
      Synonym: stylostixis
      • 1683, Willem ten Rhijne, “Epilogus”, in Dissertatio de Arthritide: Mantissa Schematica: De Acupunctura: Et Orationes Tres, London: R. Chiswell, page 188:
        Haec sunt quae de acupunctura, Europaeis incognita, ex Japonum monumentis & doctrina expiscari, et, non sine multis impensis, communicare, potui []
        These are what concern acupuncture, unknown to Europeans, that I have been able to fish from the records and teachings of the Japanese and, not without many expenses, share.

    Inflection

    First-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative acupūnctūra acupūnctūrae
    Genitive acupūnctūrae acupūnctūrārum
    Dative acupūnctūrae acupūnctūrīs
    Accusative acupūnctūram acupūnctūrās
    Ablative acupūnctūrā acupūnctūrīs
    Vocative acupūnctūra acupūnctūrae

    Descendants

    Portuguese

    Noun

    acupunctura f (plural acupuncturas)

    1. Alternative spelling of acupuntura