cicatrize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   of a wound, to heal through the formation of scar tissue

   The wound gradually began to cicatrize around its edges.

2. 2
   verb

   to cause a wound or damaged surface to heal by forming a scar

   The treatment helped cicatrize the ulcer without further surgery.

Formed from cicatrix, 'a scar,' + -ize. Cicatrix was borrowed from Latin cicatrix, 'scar,' through its stem cicatric-. British English commonly spells the verb cicatrise.

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