Definitions For Scarification

Noun

SCARIFICATION. (countable and uncountable, plural SCARIFICATIONs) The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc. A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron. The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification. (medicine) A {{w, route of administration}} for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermal#Adjective, intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.

Synonyms

scarifying (gerund sense)

Hypernyms

intradermal, intradermal administration (which includes intradermal injection and scarifying forms)

Translations

Polish: skaryfikacja, f

Etymology

From {{uder, en, fro, scarificacion}}, from {{uder, en, LL., scarificatio}}.

Anagrams

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