scarification

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Mice infected with sublethal doses of the attenuated vGK5 virus by the i.n., tail scarification, and i.p. routes had high frequencies of activated antigen-specific CD8 T cells in both mucosal and systemic sites.

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  1. In surgery, the act of scarifying; the operation of making several superficial incisions in a part, as for the purpose of taking away blood or serum.

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  • Our results indicate that the recombinant attenuated vGK5 induced robust CD8+ T cell responses when administered by the intranasal, tail scarification, and systemic routes. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Mice infected with sublethal doses of the attenuated vGK5 virus by the i.n., tail scarification, and i.p. routes had high frequencies of activated antigen-specific CD8 T cells in both mucosal and systemic sites. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • ScarificationAlthough it is one of the oldest forms of body marking known, and can be found in almost every tribal culture, scarification is just now starting to become popular in the American culture. —  Delusional Duck
  • Eyeball tattoo's and scarification - it's all going on at the Tattoo and Body Art Expo. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Indeed, I tend to think that it was the gallery that introduced the idea of temporary tattoo being made slightly uncomfortable by this element and it's obvious referencing of ritual scarification. —  AMERICAN DIGEST
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  1. from Old French (and F.) scarification = Provencal escarificatio = Spanish escarificacion = Portuguese escarificação = Italian scarificazione, from Latin scarificatio(n-), later form of scarifatio(n-), scariphatio(n-), a scratching open, scarification, from scarificare, later form of scarifare, scariphare, scratch open: see scarify.
 

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