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cicatrix
[ sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks ]
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- cicatricose, adjective
- cicatricial, adjective
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
Example Sentences
She remembers the painful transitions to spring, the sea grapes and the rains, her skin a cicatrix.
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
And he lifted the dead man’s hair and showed a cicatrix on the temple.
A recurrence of the tumor is said to take place when the growth returns in the cicatrix, frequently in a multiple form.
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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