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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

scarificatio

: cf. F.

scarification

The act of scarifying.

Noun.

[L. scarificatio. See Scarify.]

In surgery, the operation of making several incisions in the skin with a lancet or other cutting instrument, particularly the cupping instrument.

scarification ‎(plural scarifications)

The act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.

scarification f ‎(plural scarifications)