Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCAR-IF-I-CA'TION
SCAR-IF-I-CA'TION, n. [L. scarificatio. See Scarify.]
In surgery, the operation of making several incisions in the skin with a lancet or other cutting instrument, particularly the cupping instrument. – Encyc.
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