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scarification
scar·i·fy 1 S0125500 (skăr′ə-fī′)tr.v. scar·i·fied, scar·i·fy·ing, scar·i·fies 1. a. To make shallow cuts in (the skin), as when vaccinating.b. To create a design on (the skin) by means of shallow cuts that are sometimes rubbed with a colorant or irritant to enhance the resulting scar tissue.2. To break up the surface of (topsoil or pavement).3. To distress deeply, as with severe criticism; lacerate.4. Botany To slit or soften the outer coat of (seeds) in order to speed germination.
[Middle English scarifien, from Old French scarifier, from Late Latin scarīficāre, alteration of Latin scarīfāre, from Greek skarīphāsthai, to sketch, scratch, from skarīphos, pencil, stylus; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
scar′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.scar′i·fi′er n.
scar·i·fy 2 S0125600 (skâr′ə-fī′)tr.v. scar·i·fied, scar·i·fy·ing, scar·i·fies To scare.Translationsscarification
scarification[‚skär·ə·fə′kā·shən] (medicine) The operation of making numerous small, superficial incisions in skin or other tissue. scarification
scarification [skar″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shun] production in the skin of many small superficial scratches or punctures, as for introduction of vaccine. Erroneously used to mean scarring.scar·i·fi·ca·tion (skar'i-fi-kā'shŭn), The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin. [L. scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. skariphos, a style for sketching] scar·i·fi·ca·tion (skahr'i-fi-kā'shŭn) The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin. [L. scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. skariphos, a style for sketching]scarification An obsolete operation in which numerous small cuts were made in the skin so as to increase the blood flow in the underlying tissues.ThesaurusSeescarify |