to cicatrize
9.9
To make a scar as a wound heals
- verb
- /ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz/
- Specialized
:
cicatrizar
- When a wound starts to cicatrize, new tissue forms and gradually replaces the damaged skin.
Examples
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The doctor assured her that the cut would cicatrize properly with careful treatment and sufficient time.
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"The Kentuckyan at length gave out, on which the people carried off the victor, and he, preferring a triumph to a doctor who came to cicatrize his face, suffered himself to be chaired around the ground as the champion of the times and the first rough-and-tumbler.
Blog text (6) -
After the injury, the skin began to cicatrize within a few weeks, leaving only a faint scar.
How Healed
to cicatrize
- Specialized
to heal
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Surface Forms
cicatrize infinitive
cicatrized past
cicatrized past participle
cicatrizing present participle
cicatrizes third person singular
Morphology
cicatrize = cicatr (opaque) = cicatr + ize
The base 'cicatr' is not a standalone English word, so the formation is opaque to learners.
Etymology
Cicatrize comes from the Latin word cicatrix, which means 'scar'. So, to cicatrize is for a wound to form a scar as it heals.