Stylostixis (Noun)
Meaning
Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The doctor specialized in stylostixis and used this ancient technique to relieve her patients' chronic back pain.
- Stylostixis was used in conjunction with other treatments to help manage the patient's symptoms of arthritis.
- The practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine was skilled in the art of stylostixis and used it to treat a variety of ailments.
- The patient was skeptical at first, but after undergoing stylostixis, she reported a significant reduction in her migraines.
- Stylostixis was used as a complementary therapy to help alleviate the patient's symptoms of fibromyalgia.