Many people believe acupuncture can cure diseases.
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Acupuncture
//ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ//
Synonyms for "acupuncture" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
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8 entriesreceives action
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4 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 77 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- akupunktuur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Arabic
1 entries- الوَخْز بِالْإِبْر noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Armenian
1 entries- ասեղնաբուժություն noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Assamese
1 entries- আকুপাংচাৰ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Asturian
1 entries- acupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- akupunktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Basque
1 entries- akupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Belarusian
1 entries- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Bengali
1 entries- আকুপাংচার noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Bulgarian
1 entries- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Catalan
1 entries- acupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏴᎩ ᎠᏑᎶᏙᏗᏍᎩ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Chinese
1 entries- 針灸 /针灸 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 針灸 /针灸 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- 針術 /针术 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 針灸 /针灸 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- 針術 /针术 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Czech
1 entries- akupunktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Danish
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Dutch
1 entries- acupunctuur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Esperanto
1 entries- akupunkturo noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Estonian
2 entries- akupunktuur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- nõelravi noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Faroese
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Finnish
3 entries- akupunktio noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- antaa akupunktiohoitoa verb (to treat with acupuncture)
- hoitaa akupunktiolla verb (to treat with acupuncture)
French
1 entries- acupuncture noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Galician
1 entries- acupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
German
1 entries- Akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Greek
1 entries- βελονισμός noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 針灸 /针灸 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Hebrew
2 entries- דִּקּוּר סִינִי noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- דיקור סיני noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Hindi
1 entries- एक्यूपंक्चर noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Hungarian
1 entries- akupunktúra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Icelandic
1 entries- nálastungulækningar noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Indonesian
2 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- tusuk jarum noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Interlingua
1 entries- acupunctura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Irish
1 entries- snáthaidpholladh noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Italian
1 entries- agopuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Japanese
4 entries- 鍼 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- 鍼治 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- 鍼治療 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- 鍼術 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Kannada
2 entries- ಸೂಜಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- ಸೂಜಿಮಾಂಜುಗೆ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Kazakh
1 entries- акупунктура noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Khmer
1 entries- ការចាក់ម្ជុលវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Korean
1 entries- 침술 noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- акупунктура noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Latin
1 entries- acūpūnctūra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Latvian
1 entries- akupunktūra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Lithuanian
1 entries- akupunktūra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Lü
1 entries- ᦚᧂᦃᦲᧄ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Macedonian
1 entries- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsindrona volamena noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Malay
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Marathi
1 entries- ॲक्युपंक्चर noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Mongolian
1 entries- зүү эмчилгээ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Māori
2 entries- haumanu-ā-ngira noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- hauora-ā-ngira noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Occitan
1 entries- acupontura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Persian
1 entries- طب سوزنی noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Polish
1 entries- akupunktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Portuguese
2 entries- acupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- acupunturar verb (to treat with acupuncture)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਐਕਿਉਪੰਕਚਰ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Romanian
1 entries- acupunctură noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Russian
4 entries- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- иглоука́лывание noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- ѝглорефлѐксотерапи́я noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- ѝглотерапи́я noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- akupunktúra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Sinhalese
2 entries- කටු චිකිත්සාව noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- කටු වෙදකම noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Slovak
1 entries- akupunktúra noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Slovene
1 entries- akupunktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Spanish
1 entries- acupuntura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Swedish
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Tagalog
1 entries- akupungktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Tamil
1 entries- குத்தூசி மருத்துவம் noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆక్యుపంక్చర్ noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Thai
2 entries- การฝังเข็ม noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
- ฝังเข็ม noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Turkish
1 entries- akupunktur noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- акупункту́ра noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Uzbek
1 entries- akupunktura noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Vietnamese
1 entries- châm cứu noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Welsh
1 entries- aciwbigo noun (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Sample sentences
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Many people believe that acupuncture can cure diseases.
Source: tatoeba (2202514)
Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that's popular in East Asia.
Source: tatoeba (3393658)
Acupressure is like acupuncture, but without needles.
Source: tatoeba (3393662)
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