cic·a·trize (s k  -tr z )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 cic  trizre, alteration of Late Latin cictrcr, to scar over, from Latin cictrx, cictrc-, cicatrix.]cic a·tri·zation (-tr-zshn) n. |
cicatrize, cicatrise [ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz]
vb
(Medicine / Pathology) (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
cicatrizant , cicatrisant adj
cicatrization , cicatrisation n
cicatrizer , cicatriser n
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