cicatrix
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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
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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
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 Alexander Miles
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
Epithelioma of the scalp may originate in relation to a wart, an ulcerated wen or sebaceous adenoma, or the cicatrix of a burn.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek ● Oct. 22, 2012
Legs nearly clear: they have many cicatrices, especially on the shin and outer part.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
However, the number of cicatrices does not always correspond with the number of conceptions.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Charles Knowlton
In the softer skin if pigmented the cicatrices are white and frequently remain so for about a year, when the pigment returns.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The walls are often pasty, and may be eroded, or ulcerated, and they may show vessels or cicatrices.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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