cicatrise
See also: cicatrisé
English
Alternative forms
- cicatrize (US)
Etymology
From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicātrīx (“scar”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers
- But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.
- 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers
- (intransitive) To form a scar.
Related terms
Translations
to heal a wound through scarring
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to form a scar
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French
Verb
cicatrise