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