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
The term catarrhal pock, however, is not vitiated by an extension of the morbid process deep enough to produce a permanent cicatrix, and it is probable that in most cases the catarrhal type predominates.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The softened mass is finally absorbed, and the walls of the cyst, or capsule around it, gradually collapse and form a cicatrix.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Nautiloidea.—Initial chamber not inflated, with dorso-ventral cicatrix at extremity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
However, save for a cicatrix to mark the trifling occurrence, he was unharmed.
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf
