cicatrize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cicatrize
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word cicātrizāre. See cicatrix, -ize
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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
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
It was more agreeable, in an hour of self-collectedness, to devise a remedy, which, if it did not cure the disease, helped at least to cicatrize the immediate wounds.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various
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 Chevalier Jackson
The wound is beginning to cicatrize, and generates laudable pus.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
One of the beggars, with a red, cicatrized slough instead of a nose, approached Katiousha.
From The Awakening The Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, Count
By the 9th day, the wound had cicatrized, excepting near the symphisis; symptoms all favourable.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
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
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 had become cicatrized, leaving the bone in this position.
From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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
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
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