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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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cicatrix
1641, from L. cicatrix "a scar," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ci·ca·trix
Pronunciation: 'sik-&-"triks, s&-'kA-triks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ci·ca·tri·ces /"sik-&-'trI-(")sEz, s&-'kA-tr&-"sEz/
: a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a flesh wound
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cicatrix cic·a·trix (sĭk'ə-trĭks', sĭ-kā'trĭks)
n. pl. cic·a·tri·ces (sĭk'ə-trī'sēz, sĭ-kā'trĭ-sēz')
A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.
cic'a·tri'cial (sĭk'ə-trĭsh'əl) or ci·cat'ri·cose' (sĭ-kāt'rĭ-kōs') adj.
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