cicatrize

American  

[sik-uh-trahyz] / ˈsɪk əˌtraɪz /

especially British, cicatrise

verb (used with object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing

1. Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.

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verb (used without object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing

1. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.

cicatrize British  

/ ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz /

verb

1. (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal

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Other Word Forms

• cicatrization
  noun
• cicatrizer
  noun
• cicatrizant
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of cicatrize

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

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Example Sentences

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cicatrize cicatrized cicatrizing

He feels very sore at the rumored intentions to relieve him, and the major-generalcy does not cicatrize the wound.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox

The wounded parts, covered with lint and compresses, were subjected to just enough pressure to cicatrize them without bringing on a reaction of inflammation.

From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White

As fast as one is cut down another arises in its place; and there is no searing- iron to scorch and cicatrize the wound.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by William Sanday

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

From Lectures on Art by Washington Allston

But the Patient must be oblig'd to lie on his Belly for some Days successively, to cicatrize the Wound thereof, or that of the Entrails.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

A wound in an osmotic production may also become cicatrized and covered with a membrane, when the growth will recommence exactly as in a living being.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc

The effect of cold was noticed also on wounds which had healed and cicatrized.

From Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose

The wound is at that time, as a general thing, completely cicatrized.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings

I cannot say whether nature or the remedy healed my wound, but in a short time the flesh cicatrized, and all symptoms of inflammation disappeared entirely.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer

The wounds of the social war were scarcely cicatrized, and the peace had left the allies imperfectly satisfied.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

He was worried and alarmed by his helpless plight, and the wound on his head, instead of cicatrizing, became more serious, because it was complicated by a sharp attack of fever.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock

We make a tincture out of it which has marvelous healing and cicatrizing properties.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

The springs of Weissenburg in the Bernese Oberland yield a water which is popularly supposed to have the power of cicatrizing cavities in the lungs, but its analysis shows no reason for such a power.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

In some cases extensive wounds of the scalp heal without artificial aid by simply cicatrizing over.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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