cicatricial

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
11

Definition of cicatricial

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to or caused by a scar.
    “It required a secondary operation to overcome some cicatricial contraction, and, on the whole, he had a very serviceable prepuce; but, what was more to the point, it prevented his ever being mistaken for a Turk.”
    “This was apparently the result of the difficulty of isolating the vessels in the tangled mass of clot and cicatricial tissue surrounding them, and is a strong argument against too early interference.”
    “Under the most favorable circumstances a period of from six weeks to two months will be necessary for the treatment, before the formation of the cicatricial callus and the establishment of a firm union between the tendinous stumps.”

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Etymology

From cicatrix + -ial.

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