Cicatrix

['sɪkətrɪks]

Definition

(n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Scar, seam.

Editor: Patrick

Definition

n. the scar over a wound after it is healed—also Cic′atrice: scar in the bark of a tree: (Shak.) mark impression.—ns. Cicatric′ula the germinating point in the yolk of an egg; Cicatrisā′tion the process of healing over.—v.t. Cic′atrise to help the formation of a cicatrix on a wound or ulcer: to scar.—v.i. to heal.

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