scarification

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

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

Hypernyms

 * intradermal administration (which includes intradermal injection and scarifying forms)

Translations

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Noun

 * 1) scarification