scarification
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (prescriptively not */ˌskaɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, despite a predictable inclination toward that by obvious 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)
Translations edit
raking
medieval penance
body modification
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Noun edit
scarification f (plural scarifications)
Further reading edit
- “scarification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.