scarification

  • 21Scarification (incision) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Scarification. Exemple de scarification corporelle La scarification est une pratique consistant à effectuer une …

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  • 22Scarification (jardinage) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Scarification. En jardinage, la scarification désigne, soit l action de griffer les pelouses pour aérer le sol et retirer la couche de feutrage et de mousse qui se forme au niveau des racines et qui asphyxie le… …

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  • 23scarification test — a skin test in which the antigen is introduced by scarification …

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  • 24scarification — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of scarifying 2. a mark or marks made by scarifying …

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  • 25SCARIFICATION — n. f. T. de Médecine Incision superficielle faite à la peau avec une lancette ou un bistouri pour permettre l’écoulement d’un peu de sang ou de sérosité. Les scarifications très superficielles sont appelées Mouchetures …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 26scarification — noun a) the act of scarifying of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds etc b) a medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron …

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  • 27scarification — scar·i·fi·ca·tion || ‚skerɪfɪ keɪʃn /‚skeÉ™r n. act of cutting or scratching the skin; cuts, scratches; act of criticizing harshly; act of breaking, act of crumbling …

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  • 28scarification —   Any process of penetrating the protective seed coat of dormant seeds accomplished by chemical, mechanical, heat, or moisture treatment allowing water and oxygen into the seed, thereby helping to improve germination …

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  • 29scarification — scar·i·fi·ca·tion …

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  • 30scarification — n. the process of making a series of shallow cuts or scratches in the skin to allow a substance to penetrate the body. This was commonly performed during vaccination against smallpox; the vaccine was administered as a droplet left in contact with …

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