cicatrize
/ˈsɪkətrʌɪz
/(also cicatrise)
verb
(With reference to a wound) heal by scar formation: [no object]: his wound had cicatrized...
- This oil appears to be one of the most effective, naturally occurring, cicatrizing agents.
- Oil of Tamanu appears to be one of the most effective known cicatrizing agents in nature.
- In the middle ages, pastel leaves were applied in poultice for their cicatrising virtues.
Derivatives
cicatrization
/ nounOrigin
Late Middle English: from Old French cicatriser, from cicatrice 'scar' (see cicatrix).
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