moxibustion
/ˌmɒk.sɪˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/
moxibustion noun: the burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
Noun
moxibustion (countable and uncountable, plural moxibustions)
- The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
- Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbal remedy, diet therapy, use of animal secretion and organs, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion (the application of a burning moxa plant to skin), and other folk methods.1998, Lin Zhan, edited by Lin Zhan, Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, Xi Young Hong: Health Practice in Chinese Older Women...
Forms of moxibustion
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Origin of moxibustion
Blend of moxa (“mugwort”) + combustion, literally “burning of mugwort”, with the connecting -i- usual in Latinate vocabulary.
Words formed from moxibustion
Questions about moxibustion
- What does moxibustion mean?
- Moxibustion means the burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
- What part of speech is moxibustion?
- Moxibustion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce moxibustion?
- Moxibustion is pronounced /ˌmɒk.sɪˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/.
- What is the plural of moxibustion?
- The plural of moxibustion is moxibustions.
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