Definitions for cicatrix

cicatrix cic·a·trix

Spelling: [sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks]
IPA: /ˈsɪk ə trɪks, sɪˈkeɪ trɪks/

Cicatrix is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in cicatrix (acciirtx).

Definitions for cicatrix

noun

  1. Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
  2. Botany. a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.

Origin of cicatrix

1350-1400; Middle English Latin: scar

Examples for cicatrix

The sound was then removed, and a short bougie inserted, so as to pass beyond the cicatrix.

The presence of a cicatrix on the left temple (This is a most irrefutable proof of insanity).

Each tribe has its peculiar fashion as to the position and form of the cicatrix.

He then bit Fngs arm, and the latter waked up with the pain to find that the cicatrix on his arm was no longer there.

When he let go, the latter had already sunk into the skin, and nothing was to be seen but a cicatrix well healed over.

Even the cicatrix on his scalp was invisible, for his hair was made to cover it.

The erosion under the crusts of eczema heals over more readily and without leaving a cicatrix.

And he bared his breast as he spoke, to show the cicatrix of an old flesh-wound from a Highlander's bayonet. '

cicatrix, the scar left by the fall of a leaf or other organ.

However, save for a cicatrix to mark the trifling occurrence, he was unharmed.

Word Value for cicatrix
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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