cicatrice

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For it was the body of his friend, John St. Helen, beyond peradventure?a hooplike scar over the eye, a neck cicatrice, an old leg fracture, a crooked thumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a curious curve upward at the end, and a thickened cicatrice, as if it had been carelessly gathered up by the surgeon's needle.

From The Way of the Gods by Long, John Luther

The handsome stalwart fellow, bronzed and weather-worn, his brow crossed by a deep and honourable cicatrice!

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

The raw surface heals irregularly, the cicatrice contracting causes stricture, and an animal so injured is likely to die of starvation.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

For many years a long white cicatrice recorded the fact in my right hand.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)