Cicatrix [noun]
Definition of Cicatrix:
blemish from previous injury or illness
Synonyms of Cicatrix:
Sentence/Example of Cicatrix:
The presence of a cicatrix on the left temple (This is a most irrefutable proof of insanity).
In the latter instance it is very liable to carry iris into the wound, and a cystoid cicatrix results.
The wound had healed by first intention and at that time so little cicatrix remained that it was difficult to find it.
Habitual spasms of the muscles and a cicatrix from a severe burn have permanently modified the facial bones.
The lid is first freed by dividing all the cicatricial bands, or, if only a small cicatrix be present, by excising that.
In operations upon the nose through the face the cicatrix becomes more marked with each intervention.
The opening was entirely covered over by the scalp, and he was surprised to find that there was no cicatrix.
The resulting cicatrix may be slightly depressed, but otherwise exhibits little tendency to contract and cause deformity.
Frequently the margin only is of a bright-red colour, while the skin in the centre resembles a cicatrix.
Cicatrix horns are formed by the heaping up of epidermis in the scars that result from burns.