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cicatrize

[ sik-uh-trahyz ]

verb (used with object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing.
  1. Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.


verb (used without object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing.
  1. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.

cicatrize

/ ˈɪəˌٰɪ /

verb

  1. (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
“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

  • ˈˌٰ, noun
  • ˌٰˈپDz, noun
  • ˌˈٰԳ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • a·ٰzԳ adjective
  • a·ٰ·tDz noun
  • a·ٰe noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cicatrize1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word ٰ. See cicatrix, -ize
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Example Sentences

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In regard to crusts, they should never be removed until the surface beneath has become cicatrized and they have been partially detached by the natural process.

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We make a tincture out of it which has marvelous healing and cicatrizing properties.

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The marks left by this malady when cicatrized might easily be mistaken for those of inoculation.

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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.

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I know it will be long before the wounds of our faithful hearts are cicatrized.

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