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scarification

[ skar-uh-fi-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌskær ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

an act or instance of scarifying.

the result of scarifying; a scratch or scratches.

Origin of scarification

1350–1400; Middle English scarificacioun < Late Latin scarīficātiōn- (stem of scarīficātiō). See scarify, -ation

Words nearby scarification

scarf joint, scarfe, scarfpin, scarfskin, scargill, scarification, scarificator, scarify, scarious, scarlatina, scarlatina hemorrhagica

Example sentences from the Web for scarification

I concluded that the scars were due to the practice of scarification.

The Manbos of Mindano |John M. Garvan
He frequently pretends to suck out such an object by the application of the lips alone, without any scarification whatever.

The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees |James Mooney
When the moss sickens of the perpetual potato, its rebellion is punished by scarification.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 |Various
Scarification is nowhere practiced in eastern Mindano except among the Mamnuas.

The Manbos of Mindano |John M. Garvan

Scarification simply for purposes of ornamentation is not practiced to any great extent by the Negritos around Pinatubo.

Negritos of Zambales |William Allan Reed

Medical definitions for scarification

scarification

[ skăr′ə-fĭ-kā′shən ]

n.

The act of making shallow cuts in the skin.