Definition of cicatrix in English:
cicatrix
(also cicatrice)
nounPlural cicatrices ˈsɪkətrɪksˈsɪkəˌtrɪks
1The scar of a healed wound.
Example sentencesExamples
- You're turning the colour of those chicken-white cicatrices across the skin of your inner wrists.
- The pattern of the scars or cicatrices - imitating a crocodile's ridged scales - on the upper torsos of some older men indicate them as members of the crocodile clan.
- He remembers how his father, a farmer, bore his own scars, a mesh of cicatrices across his shoulder blades.
- He made observations regarding initiation cicatrices, the fact that the teeth of male initiands were not removed (unlike tribes on the mainland).
- It was when he reached high that I saw the scar, a deep, ragged cicatrix from above the elbow to the wrist.
Synonyms
welt, wound, lesion, swelling
- 1.1 A scar on the bark of a tree.
Example sentencesExamples
- Consequently, the cicatrix displays no growth lines.
- 1.2Botany A mark on a stem left after a leaf or other part has become detached.
Origin
Late Middle English (as cicatrice): from Latin cicatrix or Old French cicatrice.
Definition of cicatrix in US English:
cicatrix
(also cicatrice)
nounˈsikəˌtriksˈsɪkəˌtrɪks
1The scar of a healed wound.
Example sentencesExamples
- He made observations regarding initiation cicatrices, the fact that the teeth of male initiands were not removed (unlike tribes on the mainland).
- The pattern of the scars or cicatrices - imitating a crocodile's ridged scales - on the upper torsos of some older men indicate them as members of the crocodile clan.
- He remembers how his father, a farmer, bore his own scars, a mesh of cicatrices across his shoulder blades.
- You're turning the colour of those chicken-white cicatrices across the skin of your inner wrists.
- It was when he reached high that I saw the scar, a deep, ragged cicatrix from above the elbow to the wrist.
Synonyms
welt, wound, lesion, swelling
- 1.1 A scar on the bark of a tree.
Example sentencesExamples
- Consequently, the cicatrix displays no growth lines.
- 1.2Botany A mark on a stem left after a leaf or other part has become detached.
Origin
Late Middle English (as cicatrice): from Latin cicatrix or Old French cicatrice.