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

• cicatricose adjective
• cicatricial 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.

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But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.

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And he lifted the dead man’s hair and showed a cicatrix on the temple.

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The seat of the efflorescence is mainly in the superficial layers of the skin, but it is said that it sometimes has occurred upon a cicatrix, as that from a burn.

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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.

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Related Words

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