cicatrix
Americannoun
plural
cicatrices-
Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
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Botany. a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
noun
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the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
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a scar on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp a leaf
Other Word Forms
- cicatricial adjective
- cicatricose adjective
Etymology
Origin of cicatrix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: scar
Example Sentences
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She remembers the painful transitions to spring, the sea grapes and the rains, her skin a cicatrix.
From Literature
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek
And he lifted the dead man’s hair and showed a cicatrix on the temple.
From Project Gutenberg
When, after a time, health is completely restored, marked cicatrices are left behind.
From Project Gutenberg
Such healing is prepared for and carried out very thoroughly in the case of falling leaves and cast branches, the plane of separation being covered by a cicatrix of cork.
From Project Gutenberg
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