different between pseudoscientific vs laserpuncture

English

pseudo- +? science +? -ific, equivalent to pseudoscience +? -ific or pseudo- +? scientific.

pseudoscientific (comparative more pseudoscientific, superlative most pseudoscientific)

Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
- 1996, Mark E. Ware, David E. Johnson, Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology
  Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.
- 2003, Robert Todd Carroll, The skeptic's dictionary
  Some pseudoscientific theories explain what nonbelievers cannot even observe, for example, orgone energy.

laser +? puncture

laserpuncture (uncountable)

A pseudoscientific therapy, based on acupuncture, in which lasers are shone at acupoints.

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