SCARIFICATION
\skˌaɹɪfɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \skˌaɹɪfɪkˈeɪʃən], \s_k_ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_f_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SCARIFICATION
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Making a number of superficial incisions of very little depth on a part of the body, as for application of local stimulant.
By William R. Warner
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The act of scarifying. Also, a small incision, Am'yche, made into the skin with a lancet, bistoury, or scarificator, for different therapeutical purposes, - as to draw blood, or to discharge some effused fluid. When the scarifications are very superficial, and do not go farther than the skin, they are termed by the French, Mouchetures.
By Robley Dunglison
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The making of small superficial incisions.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
