scarification
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio. See scarify for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- IPA(key): /ˌskaɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (sometimes proscribed; by analogy with scar)
Noun
[edit]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 route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.
Synonyms
[edit]- scarifying (gerund sense)
Hypernyms
[edit]- intradermal administration (which includes intradermal injection and scarifying forms)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]raking
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medieval penance
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body modification
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medicine
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scarification f (plural scarifications)
Further reading
[edit]- “scarification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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