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cicatrize

[ sik-uh-trahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing.
  1. Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.


verb (used without object)

, cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing.
  1. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.

cicatrize

/ ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz /

verb

  1. (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcicaˌtrizer, noun
  • ˌcicatriˈzation, noun
  • ˌcicaˈtrizant, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cica·trizant adjective
  • cica·tri·zation noun
  • cica·trizer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cicatrize1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word cicātrizāre. See cicatrix, -ize
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Example Sentences

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep for ever open.

There are certain pains that nothing can alleviate, nor heal, and there are wounds that nothing can cicatrize.

The wound is beginning to cicatrize, and generates laudable pus.

Sometimes the ulcers cicatrize without previous deposit of false membrane.

It is certain that Brinton under-estimates the number of recoveries when he computes that only one-half of the ulcers cicatrize.

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