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Also called cicatricial alopecia, the condition causes permanent hair loss after the immune system attacks and destroys the follicles.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

Other Black women are often diagnosed with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia — a “scarring, permanent, destructive” type of alopecia that can “destroy the hair follicles,” Singh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2022

But some researchers have shifted focus to central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, female pattern hair loss and stress—all of which consider factors outside of styling that play a role in hair loss, such as family history.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2020

Endoscopic evisceration of the larynx will cure a few cases of laryngeal cicatricial stenosis, and should be tried before resorting to laryngostomy.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

It was found embedded in firm cicatricial tissue close to the sciatic notch; this compressed the nerve to such a degree that a waist was apparent upon it.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry