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Scarification
Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
In 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.
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Thinning
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Dyeing
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Trepanning
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Deformation
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Plucking
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Discoloration
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