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cicatrice

[sik-uh-tris, -trees] / ˈsɪk ə trɪs, -tris /


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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

They saw it was an old cicatrice, sure to be recognised by any father who had taken the slightest interest in the physical condition of his son.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

His features were hard, and on one cheek he had a cicatrice, the remains of some misfortune that had happened to him in his boyhood.

From An Eye for an Eye by Trollope, Anthony

The fire has seared, the cicatrice remains—though to be hidden away, of course.

From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest

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

But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.

From Newsweek Oct. 22, 2012

In most cases the cicatrices are unmistakably conspicuous.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

The question of repair with or without the production of cicatrices rests upon the behavior of the connective-tissue elements.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Extensive and deep cicatrices are not infrequently found in the site of the ulcerating local manifestations.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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 Jackson, Chevalier




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