scarificator

noun

scar·​i·​fi·​ca·​tor

plural -s

: an instrument for making superficial cuts in the skin

especially : one containing several lancets moved by a spring

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin scarificatus + Latin -or

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