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発音

• IPA: /ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• IPA: /ˌskaɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (sometimes proscribed; by analogy with scar)

名詞

scarification (countable and uncountable, plural scarifications)

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. (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.

同意語

• scarifying (gerund sense)

上位語

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

関連する語

アナグラム

• sacrification