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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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