cicatrice
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- noun
- /ˈsɪkəˌtrɪs/
- Specialized
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cicatriz
- Toussaint's fearsome subaltern, Dessalines, would sometimes remove his coat and shirt and shift his shoulders in a subtle manner which caused the bands of cicatrice all over his back to writhe like fat white worms.
Examples
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Taking Bel's hand in mine, I touched her bees and felt them slightly raised—a cicatrice.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the accident, she had a noticeable cicatrice on her arm that served as a reminder of her bravery.
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On other early heads, these cicatrices are found where eyebrows would normally be; on later heads, they appear above clearly rendered chased or incised eyebrows.
Academic text (1993) -
It is important to remember these marks are not true cicatrices, a form of tattooing that scars the skin and leaves permanent raised welts.
Academic text (1993) -
The young boy proudly showed his friends the cicatrice on his knee from a fall he took last summer.
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The cicatrice on his cheek told the story of his adventurous youth and the challenges he had faced.
Synonyms
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A permanent mark on skin or another surface after a wound heals
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The permanent mark on skin after an injury heals
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A scar on the skin left after a wound heals
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cicatrice comes from the Latin cicatrix, which literally means 'scar'. So a cicatrice is the mark left on the skin when a wound heals, in other words a scar.