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cicatrix

[ sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks ]

noun

plural cicatrices
  1. Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
  2. Botany. a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.


cicatrix

/ sɪˈkætrɪˌkəʊs; ˈsɪkətrɪks; ˌsɪkəˈtrɪʃəl; ˈsɪkə- /

noun

  1. the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
  2. a scar on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp a leaf
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • cicatricose, adjective
  • cicatricial, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦¾±³¦Â·²¹Â·³Ù°ù¾±Â·³¦¾±²¹±ô [sik-, uh, -, trish, -, uh, l], adjective
  • ³¦¾±Â·³¦²¹³Ù·°ù¾±Â·³¦´Ç²õ±ð [si-, ka, -tri-kohs, sik, -, uh, -], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cicatrix1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: scar
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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A recurrence of the tumor is said to take place when the growth returns in the cicatrix, frequently in a multiple form.

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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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