cicatrise
See also: cicatrisé
English
editAlternative forms
edit- cicatrize (US)
Etymology
editFrom Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicātrīx (“scar”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcicatrise (third-person singular simple present cicatrises, present participle cicatrising, simple past and past participle cicatrised)
- (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- 1923, Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night:
- 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.
- (intransitive) To form a scar.
Related terms
editTranslations
editto heal a wound through scarring
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to form a scar
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French
editVerb
editcicatrise
- inflection of cicatriser:
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