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Cicatrix

//ˈsɪ.kəˌtɹɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).

    "Here the boy was made to strip, and the commissioner, Mr Symonds, found a large cicatrix likely to have been occasioned by such an instrument..."

  2. 2
    a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue wordnet

Etymology

From Latin cicatrix.

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