Look up: Scarification

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   Scarification
   the physical or chemical treatment given to some seeds in order to weaken the seed coat sufficiently for germination to occur.
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   Scarification
   Scratching or changing the seed coat.
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   Scarification
   archaic or obsolete terms > Medical: Scarification is the process of creating body art with scar tissue. The scar tissue is usually created by burns, abrasions, or cuttings.
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   Scarification
   Scarification: The making of many small, superficial scratches in the skin. Scarification may be done in giving a smallpox vaccination or in removing a tattoo and leaving a scar in its place.
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   scarification
   the operation of making a number of small punctures or incisions in the superficial layer of the skin; production in the skin of many small, superficial scratches or punctures, as for the introduction of smallpox vaccine Category: Medicine • operation by which the hardened surface of a pavement,or of a pavement layer,is broken up and separated from the underlying layer with the aid of ...
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   Scarification
   Scar`i·fi·ca'tion noun [ Latin scarificatio : confer French scarification .] The act of scarifying.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27
   
   
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   scarification
   The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin. ... Origin: L. Scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. Skariphos, a style for sketching ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   Scarification
   `Scarification` is a term that is used to describe the act of `scarifying`. Scarifying involves scratching, etching, or some sort of superficial cutting or incision. Scarification can be applied to horticulture, which involves cutting the seed coat using acid, sand paper, or a knife to encourage germination, the cutting of concrete using hydrodemolition, or as a permanent body modification, etching designs, pictures, or words into the skin.
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   scarification
   (skar″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shәn) production in the skin of many small superficial scratches or punctures, as for introduction of vaccine. Erroneously used to mean scarring.
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    Scarification
    • (n.) The act of scarifying.
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    scarification
    (from the article `horticulture`) ...weakens the seed coat. Certain seeds, such as the sweet pea, have a tough husk that can be artificially worn or weakened to render the seed coat ... ...about by microbial attack, passage through an animal, freezing and thawing, or mechanical means. In horticulture and agriculture, the coats of ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/39
    
    
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    scarification
    practice of producing raised scars (keloids) on the human body in decorative patterns. See body modifications and mutilations.
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    Scarification
    Extensive movements of soil, sediment, and rock material caused by humans.
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