Hyphenation of acupuncture

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word acupuncture? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

acupunc-ture

Definitions of acupuncture:

1.	Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin

Synonyms of acupuncture:

noun	stylostixis, treatment

Last hyphenations of this language

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