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Scarification
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So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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Word Origin & History
scarification
c.1400, "act of covering with scratches or slight cuts," from O.Fr. scarification (1314), from L.L. scarificationem, noun of action from scarificare, from L. scarifare "scratch open," from Gk. skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," from skariphos "pencil, stylus," from PIE base *skribh- "to
EXPAND cut, separate, sift" (see script). Scarify in the sense "cover with scars" (1687) is a sense-shift from infl. of scar.
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scarification scar·i·fi·ca·tion (skār'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
The act of making shallow cuts in the skin.
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