cicatrix
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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
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
The Chief Baron scarcely deigned a glance at the cicatrix; he was high above such puny considerations.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James
The treatment is to let out the pus, and, whenever possible, this should be done from the mouth to avoid a cicatrix on the face.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
"I would beg to observe," said the lawyer, "that if an old cicatrix is to be the essential token of recognition, few men who have lived the adventurous life of Meekins will escape calumny."
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
