亚洲网紅露点

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cicatrix

[ sik-uh-triks, si-key-triks ]

noun

plural cicatrices
  1. Physiology. new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
  2. Botany. a scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.


cicatrix

/ s瑟藞k忙tr瑟藢k蓹蕣s; 藞s瑟k蓹tr瑟ks; 藢s瑟k蓹藞tr瑟蕛蓹l; 藞s瑟k蓹- /

noun

  1. the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
  2. a scar on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp a leaf
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • cicatricose, adjective
  • cicatricial, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠颈肠路补路迟谤颈路肠颈补濒 [sik-, uh, -, trish, -, uh, l], adjective
  • 肠颈路肠补迟路谤颈路肠辞蝉别 [si-, ka, -tri-kohs, sik, -, uh, -], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cicatrix1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin: scar
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cicatrix1

C17: from Latin: scar, of obscure origin
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She remembers the painful transitions to spring, the sea grapes and the rains, her skin a cicatrix.

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But despite all her visible cicatrices, her internal scars are worse.

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And he lifted the dead man鈥檚 hair and showed a cicatrix on the temple.

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The resulting cicatrices may be recognized by the affected parts of the bowel being thin and more translucent than in health, and may retain these characters after the lapse of several years.

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Such healing is prepared for and carried out very thoroughly in the case of falling leaves and cast branches, the plane of separation being covered by a cicatrix of cork.

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