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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 Word Forms
- ··ٰ· [sik-, uh, -, trish, -, uh, l], adjective
- ···Dz [si-, ka, -tri-kohs, sik, -, uh, -], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cicatrix1
Word 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.
The resulting cicatrices may be recognized by the affected parts of the bowel being thin and more translucent than in health, and may retain these characters after the lapse of several years.
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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