scarification

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

escarificación

Sinónimos

abrasion

cicatrization

cupping

graze

incision

phlebotomy

Scotch

scratch

tattoo

testa chipping

amyxis

Traducciones

scarification

تخديش

تشريط

scarificazione dei semi

balafre

escarificação

Skarifizieren

scarifiage

scarificazione

asportazione del tegumento testa

σκαριφισμός του δέρματος

escarificació

Sakrifizierung

Etimología (Inglés)

From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio.