<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act or result of making scratches or superficial incisions in the skin to produce an immune response or administer certain injections.</li><li>An act or instance of scratching, cutting, or burning a design or image into the skin, in order to create permanent decorative or symbolic scars; scarifying.</li><li>A design or image made by scars as the result of scratching, cutting, or burning it into the skin.</li></ul>