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

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

He no longer felt the smart, but the cicatrix was there, and he daily bowed to its symbolism, often without a thought of what it really meant.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

However, save for a cicatrix to mark the trifling occurrence, he was unharmed.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf