cicatrize (verb)

  • 1cicatrize — verb a) To form a scar. The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrize the wound. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night b) To treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form …

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  • 2cicatrize — transitive verb see cicatrization …

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  • 3cicatrize — or cicatrise sɪkətrʌɪz verb heal by scar formation. Derivatives cicatrization noun …

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  • 4cicatrise — verb form a scar, after an injury the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon • Syn: ↑cicatrize • Derivationally related forms: ↑cicatrix, ↑cicatrix (for: ↑cicatrize) …

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  • 5cicatrise — [c]/ˈsɪkətraɪz/ (say sikuhtruyz) verb (cicatrised, cicatrising) –verb (t) 1. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrice. –verb (i) 2. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrice. Also, cicatrize. –cicatrisation /sɪkətraɪˈzeɪʃən/ (say… …

  • 6cic|a|trise — «SIHK uh tryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb. trised, tris|ing. Especially British. cicatrize …

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  • 7cic´a|triz´er — cic|a|trize «SIHK uh tryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, trized, triz|ing. to heal by forming a scar: »Figurative. Prior to the discovery of atomic energy, mankind could hope to pass through a sequence of…bloodlettings and cicatrize its… …

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  • 8cic´a|tri|za´tion — cic|a|trize «SIHK uh tryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, trized, triz|ing. to heal by forming a scar: »Figurative. Prior to the discovery of atomic energy, mankind could hope to pass through a sequence of…bloodlettings and cicatrize its… …

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  • 9cic|a|trize — «SIHK uh tryz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, trized, triz|ing. to heal by forming a scar: »Figurative. Prior to the discovery of atomic energy, mankind could hope to pass through a sequence of…bloodlettings and cicatrize its wounds after… …

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  • 10cicatrization — noun Date: 15th century scar formation at the site of a healing wound • cicatrize transitive verb …

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