Scarification

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  • n. the act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds etc
  • n. a medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of scarifying.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In surgery, the act of scarifying; the operation of making several superficial incisions in a part, as for the purpose of taking away blood or serum.
    • Word Usage
    "One man’s scarification is the picking of scabs to another."
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