scarification
The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etcThe act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
(countable, uncountable)The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio. See scarify for more.From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio. See scarify for more.
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Forms
plural: scarifications| Singular | scarification |
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Synonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable