noun pl. cicatrices or cicatrixes
- 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)
Origin:
ME cicatrice < OFr < L cicatrix, a scar