cicatrix - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cicatrix' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cicatrix

[ n.]

- 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.

Nearby Words:

cicada cicadae cicadas cicala cicatrice cicatrices cicatricial cicatricle cicatrisive cicatrizant

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