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scarificator
[ skar-uh-fi-key-ter ]
scarificator
/ ˈskærɪ-; ˈskɛərɪfɪˌkeɪtə /
noun
- a surgical instrument for use in superficial puncturing of the skin or other tissue
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scarificator1
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Example Sentences
Frequently a veterinary spring lancet or fleam is mistaken for a human lancet, or a scarificator for an instrument of venesection.
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It is not known who made the first square scarificator and adapted it to cupping.
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Unlike later attempts at improving cupping technology, the scarificator was almost universally adopted.
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Garengeot disliked cupping in general and he had little good to say of the new mechanical scarificator.
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By 1780, illustrations in surgical works showed that the bottom of the scarificator was detachable.
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