cicatrice
Variant of cicatrix
cicatrix
Definition
cica·trix (sik′ə triks′, si kā′-)
noun pl. cicatrices cic′a·tri′·ces′ (sik′ə trī′sēz′, si kā′trə-) or cicatrixes cica′·trix′es′ (sik′ə triks′iz, si kā′triks′-)
- Med. the contracted fibrous tissue at the place where a wound has healed; scar
- Bot.
- the scar left on a stem where a branch, leaf, etc. was once attached
- the mark left where a wound has healed on a tree or plant
- hilum (sense 2a)
Etymology: ME cicatrice < OFr < L cicatrix, a scar
Also cicatrice cic′a·trice′ (-tris′)
Browse dictionary entries near cicatrice
- cicatrices
- cicatricial
- cicatricle
- cicatrix
- cicatrixes
- cicatrization
- cicatrize
- cicatrized
- cicatrizing
- cicelies
