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Cicatricial

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cic·a·trix  (sk-trks, s-ktrks)
n. pl. cic·a·tri·ces (sk-trsz, s-ktr-sz)
A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.

[Middle English cicatrice, from Latin cictrx, cictrc-.]

cica·tricial (sk-trshl), ci·catri·cose (s-ktr-ks) adj.


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