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Scarification

Noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounThe act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
2.NounA medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
3.NounThe scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
4.NounA 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

scarifierrasionscarpingscoriationscrapingscrappingscouringraclagerasurescraperakingrament

Rhymes With

rarification
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