scarificare

scarificare [LL scara+-ficare; cf. CL scariphare < σκαριφᾶσθαι], to cut, scratch, gash, wound, make an incision, (med.) to treat by scarifying. garcyn, ~o PP; tybias inferius ~amus Bart. Angl. VII 3; cave ‥ ne assumas medicinam vel venam aperias vel locum ~es nisi de licencia sciencie astrorum Bacon V 108; to garse, ~are CathA.