cicatrix

(sikə triks′, si kā-)

noun pl. cicatrices or cicatrixes

  1. Med. the contracted fibrous tissue at the place where a wound has healed; scar
  2. Bot.
    1. the scar left on a stem where a branch, leaf, etc. was once attached
    2. the mark left where a wound has healed on a tree or plant
    3. hilum (sense 2a)

Origin: ME cicatrice < OFr < L cicatrix, a scar

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See cicatrix in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cic·a·tri·ces (sĭkˌə-trīˈsēz, sĭ-kāˈtrĭ-sēzˌ)
A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cicatrice

Origin: , from Latin cicātrīx, cicātrīc-

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  • cicˌa·triˈcial (sĭkˌə-trĭshˈəl), ci·catˈri·coseˌ (sĭ-kătˈrĭ-kōsˌ) adjective

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