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
Epithelioma of the scalp may originate in relation to a wart, an ulcerated wen or sebaceous adenoma, or the cicatrix of a burn.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The attacks recurred for more than a month, long after the original wound had healed soundly; and, for a long time after this, pressure on the cicatrix would reproduce the attacks.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
Such healing is prepared for and carried out very thoroughly in the case of falling leaves and cast branches, the plane of separation being covered by a cicatrix of cork.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
Nautiloidea.—Initial chamber not inflated, with dorso-ventral cicatrix at extremity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek ● Oct. 22, 2012
Posterior half of nasal septum, right side, showing cicatrices.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Another manner of adornment is by raised cicatrices made on the chest and back and arms, by cutting the skin with a piece of sharp flint and putting in gum or clay.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward
Legs nearly clear: they have many cicatrices, especially on the shin and outer part.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
In the softer skin if pigmented the cicatrices are white and frequently remain so for about a year, when the pigment returns.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
