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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
A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.
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Unlike later attempts at improving cupping technology, the scarificator was almost universally adopted.
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Paré’s scarificator had a circular case and eighteen blades attached to three rods projecting from the bottom.
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It is not known who made the first square scarificator and adapted it to cupping.
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By 1780, illustrations in surgical works showed that the bottom of the scarificator was detachable.
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