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cicatrix

Syllables: ci·ca·trixUK/ˈsɪ.kəˌtɹɪks/

cicatrix noun: a scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).

Noun

cicatrix (plural cicatrixes or cicatrices)

  1. A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
    • Here the boy was made to strip, and the commissioner, Mr Symonds, found a large cicatrix likely to have been occasioned by such an instrument...1853, John C. Cobden, The White Slaves of England, Cincinnati: Derby, page 33
    • He stopped to stare at two old men who sat beside the fire, naked and daubed with red and white ochre and adorned about arms and legs and breasts with elaborate systems of cicatrix.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, page 21

cicatrix meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

cicatrix in Tamil

தழும்பு, வடு, சிக்கற்றிக்சு

cicatrix in Bengali

ক্ষতস্থানের দাগ, সিকাট্রিক্স

cicatrix in Kannada

ಗಾಯಕಲೆ

Forms of cicatrix

pluralcicatrixes
pluralcicatrices

Origin of cicatrix

Borrowed from Latin cicatrix.

Words formed from cicatrix

Questions about cicatrix

What does cicatrix mean?
Cicatrix means a scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
What is cicatrix in Tamil?
Cicatrix in Tamil is தழும்பு, வடு, சிக்கற்றிக்சு. See Cicatrix meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cicatrix?
Cicatrix is a noun.
How do you pronounce cicatrix?
Cicatrix is pronounced /ˈsɪ.kəˌtɹɪks/ (UK).
What is the plural of cicatrix?
The plural of cicatrix is cicatrixes.

Words near cicatrix in the dictionary

  1. cicatrise
  2. cicatrised
  3. cicatrises
  4. cicatrising
  5. cicatrisive
  6. cicatrix
  7. cicatrixes
  8. cicatrizant
  9. cicatrizants
  10. cicatrizate
  11. cicatrizated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cicatrix (page history and authors); cicatrix (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cicatrix (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cicatrix (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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