CICATRIZE

v.t.To heal, or induce the formation of a cicatrix, in wounded or ulcerated flesh; or to apply medicines for that purpose.

CICATRIZE

v.i.To heal or be healed; to skin over; as wounded flesh cicatrizes.

CICATRIZED

pp. Healed, as wounded flesh; having a cicatrix formed.

CICATRIZE

Cic "a *trize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cicatrized; p. pr. & vb. n.Cicatrizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. cicatriser, fr. cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar. ] (Med. )

CICATRIZE

CICATRIZE Cic "a *trize, v. i. (Med. )

cicatrize

cic a trize |ˈsikəˌtrīz ˈsɪkətraɪz | ▶verb (with reference to a wound ) heal by scar formation: [ with obj. ] : it was used to cicatrize certain types of wounds | [ no obj. ] : his wound had cicatrized. DERIVATIVES cic a tri za tion |ˌsikətrəˈzāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cicatriser, from cicatrice ‘scar ’ (see cicatrix ).

cicatrize

cicatrize |ˈsɪkətrʌɪz |(also cicatrise ) ▶verb (with reference to a wound ) heal by scar formation: [ no obj. ] : his wound had cicatrized. DERIVATIVES cicatrization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cicatriser, from cicatrice ‘scar ’ (see cicatrix ).