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

A recurrence of the tumor is said to take place when the growth returns in the cicatrix, frequently in a multiple form.

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

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

The treatment is to let out the pus, and, whenever possible, this should be done from the mouth to avoid a cicatrix on the face.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

He no longer felt the smart, but the cicatrix was there, and he daily bowed to its symbolism, often without a thought of what it really meant.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward