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electropuncture
electropuncture n. 
/ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃə/, /əˌlɛktroʊˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər/, /iˈlɛktroʊˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər/ [compare French électropuncture, électroponcture (dated 1694 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986))] Medicine the administration of an electric current through one or more needles inserted into the body, spec. electroacupuncture; (in later use also) transcutaneous electrical stimulation at acupuncture points.
Brit. /ᵻˈlɛktrə(ʊ)ˌpʌŋ(k)tʃə/
, /ᵻˈlɛktrə(ʊ)ˌpʌŋ(k)tʃə//ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃə/U.S. /əˈlɛktroʊˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər/
, /əˈlɛktroʊˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər//əˌlɛktroʊˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər//iˈlɛktroʊˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər//iˌlɛktroʊˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃər/ΘΚΠ
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electropuncture1836
aquapuncture1876
ignipuncture1886
spinal puncture1896
venepuncture1923
1836 C. Bell Nerv. Syst. Human Body (ed. 3) 313 Then he had recourse to the electro puncture; that is, he introduced five needles an inch deep into his cheek, and drew a current of galvanism along these.
1871 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) V. 528 Electro-puncture is nothing more than the application of a galvanic current to the tissues included between two acupuncture needles.
1905 Lancet 15 Apr. 1037/1 The first [case of tumour] was in a child, aged two years, in whom four sittings for electropuncture completed a cure.
1997 Amer. Jrnl. Acupuncture 25 309 I suggest replacing awkward terminology such as ‘electroacupuncture without needles’, or ‘transcutaneous electrical stimulation at acupunture points’, or ‘acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation’, etc., with the term ‘electropuncture’.
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