cicatrixes
cicatrixes is the plural of cicatrix.
Meaning of cicatrix
Noun
cicatrix (plural cicatrixes or cicatrices)
- 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
Questions about cicatrixes
- What is cicatrixes the plural of?
- Cicatrixes is the plural of cicatrix.
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