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cicatrix
[sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks]
noun
plural
cicatricesPhysiology.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
Other 51Թ Forms
- cicatricose adjective
- cicatricial adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
51Թ 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.
As has already been said, the cicatrix is to a certain extent peculiar in that it is usually depressed and foveolated.
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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