aquapuncture Med.
(ˈeɪkwəˈpʌŋktjʊə(r))
[f. L. aquā with water + puncture.]
Puncture of the skin by means of a fine jet of water from a forcepump; used to give relief in neuralgia, lumbago, etc.
| 1876 Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 542 The method of aquapuncture consists in the introduction of water subcutaneously. |