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单词 cicatrix
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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. 1.1 A scar on the bark of a tree.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Consequently, the cicatrix displays no growth lines.
    2. 1.2Botany A mark on a stem left after a leaf or other part has become detached.

Derivatives

  • cicatricial

  • adjective sɪkəˈtrɪʃ(ə)lˌsɪkəˈtrɪʃ(ə)l
    • Disorders of alopecia can be divided into those in which the hair follicle is normal and those in which the hair follicle is damaged (e.g., cicatricial alopecia).

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. 1.1 A scar on the bark of a tree.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Consequently, the cicatrix displays no growth lines.
    2. 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.

 
 
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