Cicatrices

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cicatrix \Ci*ca"trix\, n.; pl. {Cicatrices}. [L.] (Med.)
     The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity
     and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which
     subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cicatrices
       See {cicatrix}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cicatrix
       n : a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured
           tissue [syn: {scar}, {cicatrice}]
       [also: {cicatrices} (pl)]