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

Derived Forms

• cicatrizant
  adjective
• cicatrization
  noun
• cicatrizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of cicatrize

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

Example Sentences

Time alone does a little cicatrize such wounds; and, let us add, work.

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard

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 Cox, Jacob Dolson

This Ointment is of singular Use to cleanse Ulcers; as also to mundifie, cicatrize, and consolidate all sorts of Wounds.

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

Fungating ulcerations may in some cases be made to cicatrize by superficial cauterization.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

A wound that, I fear, will never cicatrize.

From Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)