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cicatrix
[ sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks ]
noun
plural cicatrices
- Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
- Botany. a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
cicatrix
/ sɪˈkætrɪˌkəʊs; ˈsɪkətrɪks; ˌsɪkəˈtrɪʃəl; ˈsɪkə- /
noun
- the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
- a scar on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp a leaf
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Derived Forms
- cicatricose, adjective
- cicatricial, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ··ٰ· [sik-, uh, -, trish, -, uh, l], adjective
- ···Dz [si-, ka, -tri-kohs, sik, -, uh, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: scar
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
C17: from Latin: scar, of obscure origin
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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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When, after a time, health is completely restored, marked cicatrices are left behind.
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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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