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
The sound was then removed, and a short bougie inserted, so as to pass beyond the cicatrix.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
The swelling caused by the infiltration gradually subsides, leaving a cicatrix to which the overlying conjunctiva becomes adherent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
As has already been said, the cicatrix is to a certain extent peculiar in that it is usually depressed and foveolated.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The Chief Baron scarcely deigned a glance at the cicatrix; he was high above such puny considerations.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek ● Oct. 22, 2012
Cicatricial types of postdiphtheritic stenosis may be seen as webs, annular cicatrices of funnel shape, or masses of fibrous tissue causing fixation of the arytenoids as well as encroachment on the glottic lumen.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The bloodless and livid skin, ploughed and wrinkled with these raised cicatrices, was drawn tightly over the cheek-bone.
From Spiritual Adventures by Arthur Symons
The abdomen was tumid, and marked by cicatrices like those of women, who have borne children.
From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by John Collins Warren
The nasal mucosa, and especially over the septum, is the seat of the peculiar elevations, ulcers, and firm white, condensed deposits resembling cicatrices, usually low enough down to be seen or felt.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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