electroacupuncture

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electrical acupuncture

A permutation of acupuncture, in which low-voltage electric currents are passed through needles to stimulate the acupuncture points; it is uncertain whether this improves the efficacy of the traditional, non-electric format of acupuncture.

e·lec·tro·a·cu·punc·ture

(ĕ-lek'trō-ak'yū-pŭngk-shŭr)

Acupuncture in which needles are attached to a source of electric current.

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