cicatrix
Example Sentences
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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
However, save for a cicatrix to mark the trifling occurrence, he was unharmed.
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf
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
The swelling caused by the infiltration gradually subsides, leaving a cicatrix to which the overlying conjunctiva becomes adherent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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 Knowlton, Charles
