1) Body art 2) French word used in English
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Scarifying (also scarification modification) involves scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification. In the process of body scarification, scars are formed by cutting or branding the skin by varying methods (sometimes using further sequential aggravating...
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[botany] Scarification in botany involves cutting the seed coat using abrasion, thermal stress, or chemicals to encourage germination. The seeds of many plant species are often impervious to water and gases, thus preventing or delaying germination. Any process of breaking, scratching, or altering the testa, seed coat, through chemical or th...
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• (n.) The act of scarifying.
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(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 ... ...
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practice of producing raised scars (keloids) on the human body in decorative patterns. See body modifications and mutilations.
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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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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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(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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Scratching or changing the seed coat.
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Scar`i·fi·ca'tion noun [ Latin
scarificatio : confer French
scarification .] The act of scarifying.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: skar′i-fi-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin.
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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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Extensive movements of soil, sediment, and rock material caused by humans.
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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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Scratching or nicking of a seed's shell to facilitate germination.
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The chemical (soaking in buttermilk) or physical treatment (rasping with file or sandpaper) given to some seeds to break or weaken the seed coat sufficiently for germination to occur.
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In horticulture, stratification is the process of pretreating seeds to simulate natural winter conditions that a seed must endure before germination. Many seed species undergo an embryonic dormancy phase, and generally will not sprout until this dormancy is broken.
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In horticulture, stratification is the process of pretreating seeds to simulate natural winter conditions that a seed must endure before germination. Many seed species undergo an embryonic dormancy phase, and generally will not sprout until this dormancy is broken.
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