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
R. In those in whom conception has ever taken place, some of these vesicles are removed, and in their place a cicatrix or scar is formed which continues through life.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Charles Knowlton
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 seat of the efflorescence is mainly in the superficial layers of the skin, but it is said that it sometimes has occurred upon a cicatrix, as that from a burn.
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
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek ● Oct. 22, 2012
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
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
The resulting cicatrices may be recognized by the affected parts of the bowel being thin and more translucent than in health, and may retain these characters after the lapse of several years.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
When, after a time, health is completely restored, marked cicatrices are left behind.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
