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

The term catarrhal pock, however, is not vitiated by an extension of the morbid process deep enough to produce a permanent cicatrix, and it is probable that in most cases the catarrhal type predominates.

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

An incision was then made externally, in the direction of the urethra, so as to divide the cicatrix, and open the canal above and below the contracted part.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

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.

His nose had been divided across the middle by what seemed the slash of a cutlass, the cicatrix remaining of an angry red color, amid the florid hue of the countenance.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James