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n. - A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.

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  • A round cicatrix or scar in the median line of the abdomen.
  • "Five days after the dressing was removed and the cicatrix was found completely healed."
  • Three varieties of cicatrix are distinguishable according to the amount of sclera excised:
  • The presence of a cicatrix on the left temple (This is a most irrefutable proof of insanity).
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