cicatrix
Example Sentences
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She remembers the painful transitions to spring, the sea grapes and the rains, her skin a cicatrix.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
And he bared his breast as he spoke, to show the cicatrix of an old flesh-wound from a Highlander's bayonet.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
The treatment is to let out the pus, and, whenever possible, this should be done from the mouth to avoid a cicatrix on the face.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
A new arm is formed at the cicatrix before the next breeding season.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
It was from the nostrils in 82 cases, from the uterus in 1 case, from the stomach in 4 cases, and from the cicatrix of a chancre in 1 case.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
