cicatrix

Example Sentences

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She remembers the painful transitions to spring, the sea grapes and the rains, her skin a cicatrix.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

An incision was then made externally, in the direction of the urethra, so as to divide the cicatrix, and open the canal above and below the contracted part.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

And he bared his breast as he spoke, to show the cicatrix of an old flesh-wound from a Highlander's bayonet.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

R. In those in whom conception has ever taken place, some of these vesicles are removed, and in their place a cicatrix or scar is formed which continues through life.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Habitual spasms of the muscles and a cicatrix from a severe burn have permanently modified the facial bones.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles