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单词 cicatrize
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cicatrize

[ sik-uh-trahyz ]
/ ˈsɪk əˌtraɪz /

verb (used with object), cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing.

Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.

verb (used without object), cic·a·trized, cic·a·triz·ing.

to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.
Also especially British, cic·a·trise .

Origin of cicatrize

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word cicātrizāre.See cicatrix, -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM cicatrize

cic·a·tri·zant, adjectivecic·a·tri·za·tion, nouncic·a·triz·er, noun

Words nearby cicatrize

cicatricial tissue, cicatricle, cicatrix, cicatrizant, cicatrization, cicatrize, cicely, cicero, cicerone, Ciceronian, Ciceronianism
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Example sentences from the Web for cicatrize

  • The wound is beginning to cicatrize, and generates laudable pus.

    The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector|William Carleton
  • There are certain pains that nothing can alleviate, nor heal, and there are wounds that nothing can cicatrize.

    Current History, A Monthly Magazine|New York Times
  • Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep for ever open.

    Lectures on Art|Washington Allston

British Dictionary definitions for cicatrize

cicatrize

cicatrise

/ (ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz) /

verb

(of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal

Derived forms of cicatrize

cicatrizant or cicatrisant, adjectivecicatrization or cicatrisation, nouncicatrizer or cicatriser, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for cicatrize

cicatrize
[ sĭkə-trīz′ ]

v.

To heal by forming scar tissue.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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