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

It is concealed by the paint, but remove that, and you will find it hath all the form of a cicatrice of a corresponding shape.

From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore

The cicatrice began to make itself very visible in his face, and the debonair manner was fast vanishing.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

He stared with an almost comical seriousness at his bald forehead, and pointed to a three-cornered cicatrice, long healed, but still discernible.

From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The cicatrice served also as a mark of mutual recognition, so that the object and plans of the leaguers should never be discussed with others.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John