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06-04-2015, 11:48 AM
cicatrix
\ SIK-uh-triks \ , noun;
1.
New tissue that forms over a wound.
2.
Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
Quotes:
A new relationship can develop. But the cicatrix of the old one remains. And nothing grows on a cicatrix . Nothing grows through it.
-- Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes
He discriminates also very properly between the cicatrix , which is produced by the healing of wounds which have penetrated the cutis, and those in which the surface only is affected.
-- James Moore, "Differtation on Healing of Wounds," The Analytical Review , Volume 5
Origin:
Cicatrix is derived from the Latin word cicatrix meaning "scar." The Latin word has no clear origin.
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\ SIK-uh-triks \ , noun;
1.
New tissue that forms over a wound.
2.
Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
Quotes:
A new relationship can develop. But the cicatrix of the old one remains. And nothing grows on a cicatrix . Nothing grows through it.
-- Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes
He discriminates also very properly between the cicatrix , which is produced by the healing of wounds which have penetrated the cutis, and those in which the surface only is affected.
-- James Moore, "Differtation on Healing of Wounds," The Analytical Review , Volume 5
Origin:
Cicatrix is derived from the Latin word cicatrix meaning "scar." The Latin word has no clear origin.
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