A round cicatrix or scar in the median line of the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
"Five days after the dressing was removed and the cicatrix was found completely healed.". From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
Three varieties of cicatrix are distinguishable according to the amount of sclera excised. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
The presence of a cicatrix on the left temple (This is a most irrefutable proof of insanity). From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870] Reference
She had touched the lumpy cicatrix in disbelief, and then scrabbled back from the trunk in horror. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
On December 15 an incision was made through the old cicatrix directly over the defect in the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
They looked tougher and many had odd cicatrix along their bodies and limbs, suggesting healed wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Damia's Children]
Of incised wounds an elliptical cicatrix is typical, linear being chiefly found between the fingers and toes. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
The umbilicus is a cicatrix formed after the metamorphosis of a median foetal structure -- the placental cord, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The wound had healed by first intention and at that time so little cicatrix remained that it was difficult to find it. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It has been ingeniously suggested that the cicatrix of the leaf resembles a horse-shoe, with all its nails evenly placed. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The man, after waiting a while, will go to the doctor and show a large cicatrix in each eye, the result of an ulcerated cornea. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
He had wanted to know why she wore her fringe overgrown to camouflage hers, a starburst cicatrix that bisected her right eyebrow. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
Of the operations proposed for the formation of a filtering cicatrix, those of Elliot and Lagrange are justifiably the most popular. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
The wound over the patella healed and some union had occurred, when the patient fell and burst both the bone union and the skin cicatrix. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The skin begins to grow from the edges to the center, covering the new tissue and leaving a cicatrix or scar with which every one is familiar. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
This depends upon the induration of the line of cicatrix corresponding to the course of the original track which is adherent to the two points. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
But increased tension is not the whole story of glaucoma, and a filtering cicatrix is not the last word in surgical therapeutics, and there is much to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
When admitted into the hospital, the cicatrix of the wound was considerably depressed, and the central part was evidently continuously attached to the surface of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
In more than half the instances there was a pale, cystic, oedematous cicatrix; in 11 per cent the scar was ectatic, and in the remainder the field of operation was quite flat. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Grooves in such cases are generally readily palpable in the early stages, while later the want of resistance is replaced by the readily felt firm cord representing the cicatrix. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
"Can you read this?" and he showed him a long cicatrix on his other arm. From Wordnik.com. [White Lies] Reference
He showed a depressed triangular cicatrix on the margin of the epigastrium. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
If from a wound which has healed, an excision of the cicatrix may be beneficial. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
He exhibited a linear cicatrix one inch long near the angle of the ramus of the left lower jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The postmortem showed a cicatrix of the bladder which had given way and caused the patient's death. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Barlow also recites a case of hiccough which was caused by pressure on the cicatrix of a wound in the left hand. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Recovery ensued, with a cicatrix on the forehead, through which the pulsations of the brain could be distinctly seen. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
A cicatrix was completed at the end of six weeks, and the patient, a woman of fifty-three, made an excellent recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Both sides showed evidences of amputation, the cicatrix on the right side being 1 inch long and on the left 1/4 inch long. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The vessel had been completely penetrated, as, by laying it open, an internal cicatrix was found corresponding to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
This last is not so much required in these days of anæsthetics, and the cicatrix in the sole is a very formidable objection to it. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
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