cicatrix

  • 21cicatrix — cic·a·trix …

    English syllables

  • 22cicatrix — cic•a•trix [[t]ˈsɪk ə trɪks, sɪˈkeɪ trɪks[/t]] also cic•a•trice [[t]ˈsɪk ə trɪs[/t]] n. pl. cic•a•tri•ces [[t]ˌsɪk əˈtraɪ siz[/t]] 1) phl new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar 2) bot a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23cicatrix —   n. scar.    ♦ cicatricial, a.    ♦ cicatricle, n. small scar.    ♦ cicatricose, a. scarred.    ♦ cicatrize, v.i. & t. heal; grow over …

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  • 24cicatrix — /sakeytraks/sikatriks/ The mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a ridge of flesh …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25cicatrix — /sakeytraks/sikatriks/ The mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a ridge of flesh …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26cicatrix — noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue • Syn: ↑scar, ↑cicatrice • Derivationally related forms: ↑cicatrize, ↑cicatrise, ↑scar (for: ↑scar), ↑ …

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  • 27filtering cicatrix — a cicatrix following a glaucoma operation, through which the aqueous humor escapes …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28hypertrophic cicatrix — a hard, rigid tumor formed by hypertrophy of the tissue of a cicatrix …

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  • 29vicious cicatrix — a cicatrix that causes deformity or impairs the function of an extremity …

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  • 30Cicatrices — Cicatrix Ci*ca trix, n.; pl. {Cicatrices}. [L.] (Med.) 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. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English