CICATRIX
scar, cicatrix, cicatrice
(noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cicatrix (plural cicatrixes or cicatrices)
A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
Source: Wiktionary
Ci*ca"trix, n.; pl. Cicatrices. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Definition: The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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