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cica·trix (sikə triks′, si kā-)

noun pl. cicatrices cic′a·tri′·ces′ (sik′ə trīsēz′, si kātrə-) or cicatrixes cica′·trix′es′ (sikə triks′iz, si kātriks′-)

  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)

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

Also cicatrice cic′a·trice′ (-tris′)

Related Forms:

  • cicatricial cic′a·tri′·cial (-tris̸həl) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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