scarification

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

abrasion

cicatrization

cupping

graze

incision

phlebotomy

Scotch

scratch

tattoo

testa chipping

amyxis

Translations

scarification

escarificación

تخديش

scarificazione dei semi

تشريط

balafre

escarificação

Skarifizieren

scarificazione

asportazione del tegumento testa

σκαριφισμός του δέρματος

escarificació

Sakrifizierung

Etymology

From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio.