Ascus?

ascus
SYLLABICATION: as·cus
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: sks KEY
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. as·ci (AUDIO: s, -k)
A membranous, often club-shaped structure in which typically eight ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
ETYMOLOGY: New Latin, from Greek askos, bag.

Ascus and acupuncture?


If ascus means "bag", how then is the word, acupuncture derived?

Which "bag" is being punctured in the procedure known as acupuncture?

Ummm.. Acupuncture isn't based on the Latin"ascus". It's based on the latin "acus" (one less "s" in there) and the English "puncture'.

"acus" = "Husk" or "shell"

In Acupuncture everything is treated from the outer surface, the human "shell", as opposed to invasive things such as surgery or internal medications.

The online English-English dictionary of the Babylon Translator defines "ascus" as a spore sac found in certain types of fungi.