scarificator

[skar-uh-fi-key-ter]

noun

1. a person who scarifies.

2. a surgical instrument for scarifying.

scarificator

/ ˈskærɪ-, ˈskɛərɪfɪˌkeɪtə /

noun

1. a surgical instrument for use in superficial puncturing of the skin or other tissue

Word History and Origins

Origin of scarificator¹

1605–15; < New Latin (coined by Ambroise Paré); scarify, -ator

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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