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Cicatrization

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cic·a·trize  (sk-trz)
tr. & intr.v. cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing, cic·a·triz·es
To heal or become healed by the formation of scar tissue.

[Middle English cicatrizen, from Old French cicatriser, from Medieval Latin cictrizre, alteration of Late Latin cictrcr, to scar over, from Latin cictrx, cictrc-, cicatrix.]

cica·tri·zation (-tr-zshn) n.


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Sometimes the abdomen and chest are covered with carved cicatrization patterns.
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