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Definitions of scarification:
  • noun:   The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
  • noun:   A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
  • noun:   The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
  • noun:   (medicine) 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.

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