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Definition of Scarification
1. n. The act of scarifying.
Definition of Scarification
1. Noun. the act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds etc ¹
2. Noun. a medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scarification
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scarification
1. The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin. Origin: L. Scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. Skariphos, a style for sketching (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarification
Literary usage of Scarification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"A short time after the last scarification the woman was seized with so severe
... The author concludes from this experience that scarification of the cervix ..."
2. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"After multiple linear scarification, as advised by Vidal, ... scarification was
again practiced, but the collodion was enforced with tincture of iodine : R ..."
3. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1911)
"scarification. scarification consists in making multiple incisions into the
tissues for the relief of local congestion or tension. ..."
4. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1911)
"scarification. scarification consists in making multiple incisions into the
tissues for the relief of local congestion or tension. ..."
5. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1915)
"scarification scarification consists in making multiple incisions into the tissues
for the relief of local congestion or tension. ..."
6. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"scarification WOUNDS. The best example of the changes in tissues during the
process of wound healing is found in the cicatrization of scarification wounds. ..."
7. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
".scarification. scarification is practiced by so-called bean shooters in extracting
stones, pebbles, and the like, which, presumably, have been injected by ..."
8. Differential diagnosis and treatment of disease by Augustus Caillé (1905)
"LONGITUDINAL scarification FOB (EUF.MA. toe end cut off, is first put on and the
bandage is evenly applied, without much stretching, from the toes to the ..."
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