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
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 Charles Knowlton
Even the cicatrix on his scalp was invisible, for his hair was made to cover it.
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
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 Franklin Bache
Her general health was good; the fœtor had quite gone; the cicatrix over the bone was regular, white, hard, and could be pressed upon without causing pain.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.
From Newsweek ● Oct. 22, 2012
His calves still bore the cicatrices cut on them by the farrier's knife, and the major was not one to forgive an injury.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
The nasal mucosa, and especially over the septum, is the seat of the peculiar elevations, ulcers, and firm white, condensed deposits resembling cicatrices, usually low enough down to be seen or felt.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The bloodless and livid skin, ploughed and wrinkled with these raised cicatrices, was drawn tightly over the cheek-bone.
From Spiritual Adventures by Arthur Symons
Cicatricial types of postdiphtheritic stenosis may be seen as webs, annular cicatrices of funnel shape, or masses of fibrous tissue causing fixation of the arytenoids as well as encroachment on the glottic lumen.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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