cicatrix

/'sikətris/ Cách viết khác : (cicatrix) /'sikətriks/

Thân thiện

A small, pale cicatrix is visible on the child's knee.

Definition

Noun: A mark, typically on the skin, that remains after a wound, sore, or other injury has healed; a scar. In botany, it can also refer to a mark on a plant, such as a leaf scar.

Examples

• The surgeon's precise work left only a faint cicatrix on the patient's abdomen.
• After the burn healed, a smooth, pale cicatrix was visible on her arm.
• The botanist pointed out the cicatrix on the stem where the old leaf had been attached.

Advanced Usage

• Psychological or figurative use: The term can be used metaphorically to describe a lasting emotional or psychological mark from a past trauma.
  • The war left not just physical ruins but a deep cicatrix on the nation's collective memory.

Variants and Related Words

• Cicatrice (noun): An alternative, less common singular form.
• Cicatrices (noun): The plural form of "cicatrix."
• Cicatricial (adjective): Relating to or resembling a scar.
  • The patient developed cicatricial alopecia, a condition causing permanent hair loss due to scarring.

Synonyms

• Scar
• Mark
• Blemish (when referring to a minor or superficial mark)

Antonyms

• Flawlessness
• Perfection (in the context of unmarked skin or surface)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

Từ đồng nghĩa

• scar
• cicatrice