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scarify
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scar·i·fy (skr-f)
v.
To make shallow cuts in the skin, as when vaccinating.
scarify
[sker′əfī]
Etymology: L, scarifare
to make multiple superficial incisions into the skin; to scratch. Vaccination against smallpox is achieved by scarifying the skin under a drop of vaccine. See also scarification.
scarify,
v to make multiple superficial incisions into the skin.
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It is therefore misleading to emphasize scarifications as the fundamental criterion of beauty.
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Thichiot said the Vice President could not qualify to carryout the sacrifices since he had no scarifications on his forehead -- a six-line traditional Nuer cutting on the forehead that symbolize the age of manhood of a male -- and has become the rule to conduct sacrifices.
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Evident in this striking example from Nigeria are two beautification methods used by Ejagham women--delicate scarifications, or tattooing (a type of skin decoration very common in Africa), and filed teeth, which are realistically rendered in the mask.
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