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cic⋅a⋅trize

  [sik-uh-trahyz] verb, -trized, -triz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.
Also, especially British, cic⋅a⋅trise.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML cicātrizāre. See cicatrix, -ize

Related forms:
cic⋅a⋅tri⋅zant, adjective
cic⋅a⋅tri⋅za⋅tion, noun
cic⋅a⋅triz⋅er, noun
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cic·a·trize   (sĭk'ə-trīz')   
tr. & intr.v.   cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing, cic·a·triz·es
To heal or become healed by the formation of scar tissue.

[Middle English cicatrizen, from Old French cicatriser, from Medieval Latin cicātrizāre, alteration of Late Latin cicātrīcārī, to scar over, from Latin cicātrīx, cicātrīc-, cicatrix.]
cic'a·tri·za'tion (-trĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Main Entry: cic·a·trize
Variant: or British cic·a·trise /'sik-&-"trIz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms:-trized or British -trised; -triz·ing or British -tris·ing
transitive senses
1 : to induce the formation of ascar in
2 : SCAR cicatrize intransitive senses
: to heal by forming a scar
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cicatrize cic·a·trize (sĭk'ə-trīz')
v. cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing, cic·a·triz·es
To heal by forming scar tissue.

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