acupunctura

== Latin == === Alternative forms === acuum pūnctūra === Etymology === Coined by 17th-century Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne in 1683, from acus (“needle”) +‎ pūnctūra (“puncture”). === Pronunciation === acūpūnctūra: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra] acūpūnctūrā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.raː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra] === Noun === acūpūnctūra f (genitive acūpūnctūrae); first declension (New Latin) acupuncture Synonym: stylostixis ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: acupuncture → French: acupuncture, acuponcture (post-1990 spelling)→ Turkish: akupunktur == Portuguese == === Noun === acupunctura f (usually uncountable, plural acupuncturas) (uncommon) alternative form of acupuntura === Further reading === “acupunctura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acupunctura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026