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scarification

[skar″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shun]

production in the skin of many small superficial scratches or punctures, as for introduction of vaccine. Erroneously used to mean scarring.

scar·i·fi·ca·tion

(skar'i-fi-kā'shŭn),

The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin.

[L. scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. skariphos, a style for sketching]

scarification

/scar·i·fi·ca·tion/ (skar″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shun) production in the skin of many small superficial scratches or punctures, as for introduction of vaccine.

scarification

[sker′ifikā′shən]

Etymology: L, scarifare, to scratch open

multiple superficial scratches or incisions in the skin, such as those made for the introduction of a vaccine. The term is erroneously used to mean "producing a scar."

scar·i·fi·ca·tion

(skahr'i-fi-kā'shŭn)

The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin.

[L. scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. skariphos, a style for sketching]

scarification

An obsolete operation in which numerous small cuts were made in the skin so as to increase the blood flow in the underlying tissues.

scarification (skar·ˈ·fi·kāˑ·shn),

n the process of repeatedly scratching or puncturing the skin superficially before the introduction of a vaccine.

scarification

production in the skin of many small superficial scratches or punctures, as for introduction of vaccine. Erroneously used to mean scarring.

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