cicatrix

Also cic·a·trice

[sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks]

noun

plural

cicatrices 

1. Physiology.,  new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.

2. Botany.,  a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.

cicatrix

/ sɪˈkætrɪˌkəʊs, ˈsɪkətrɪks, ˌsɪkəˈtrɪʃəl, ˈsɪkə- /

noun

1. the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar

2. a scar on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp a leaf

Other Word Forms

• cicatricial adjective
• cicatricose adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cicatrix¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: scar

Word History and Origins

Origin of cicatrix¹

C17: from Latin: scar, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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

The formation of a cicatrix is evidently due to the intensity of the process in certain exceptional lesions, as a result of which the papill� of the corium are superficially destroyed.

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

Related Words

• blot 
• blotch 
• bruise 
• discoloration 
• freckle 
• imperfection 
• pimple 
• scar 
• smudge 
• snag 
• stain 
• stigma 
• wart