Ci·ca·trix n.; pl. Cicatrices 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.
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cicatrix
n : a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured
tissue [syn: scar, cicatrice]
[also: cicatrices (pl)]