cicatrix Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
    cicatrice; scar.

WordNet

Ci*ca"trix noun
Etymology
L.
Wordforms
plural Cicatrices
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

Webster 1913