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moxa (mäk′sə)

noun

a soft, downy material, burned on the skin as a cauterizing agent or counterirritant, esp. in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine

Etymology: altered < Jpn mogusa, a caustic < moe kusa, burning herb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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