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hot needle

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hot needle
used in acupuncture; the needle wrapped in cotton wool, dipped in alcohol and lit, the charred cotton removed and the needle applied to the acupuncture point.

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All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my back, as if I had fallen on a hot needle.
An opposite surgical approach inserts a hot needle into one side of the brain to destroy a small portion of the globus pallidus, an area that's hyperactive in many Parkinson's patients.
When Tommy was 10, she tattooed a pair of boxing gloves on his biceps, using a hot needle and India ink.
 
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