Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cicatrize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cicatrize \Cic"a*trize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cicatrized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cicatrizing}.] [Cf. F. cicatriser, fr.
cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar.] (Med.)
To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in
wounded or ulcerated flesh. --Wiseman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cicatrize \Cic"a*trize\, v. i. (Med.)
To heal; to have a new skin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cicatrize
v 1: form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and
it will heal soon"
2: form a scab; of wounds [syn: {scab}, {scab over}]
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