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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Modificación del Cuerpo no Terapéutica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Modificação Corporal não Terapêutica
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Synonyms English:
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Cultural Body Modification
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Tree Number:
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E02.218.085
E04.085
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Definition English:
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The wounding of the body or body parts by branding, cutting, piercing (BODY PIERCING), or TATTOOING as a cultural practice or expression of creativity or identity. |
See Related English:
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Circumcision, Female
Self-Injurious Behavior
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History Note English:
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2005
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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38804
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Unique Identifier:
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D046289
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