cicatrize

American  

[sik-uh-trahyz] / ˈsɪk əˌtraɪz /

especially British, cicatrise

verb (used with object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing

1. Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.

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verb (used without object)

cicatrized, cicatrizing

1. to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix.

cicatrize British  

/ ˈsɪkəˌtraɪz /

verb

1. (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal

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Other Word Forms

• cicatrizant adjective
• cicatrization noun
• cicatrizer noun

Etymology

Origin of cicatrize

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word cicātrizāre. See cicatrix, -ize

Example Sentences

This Ointment is of singular Use to cleanse Ulcers; as also to mundifie, cicatrize, and consolidate all sorts of Wounds.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

It was more agreeable, in an hour of self-collectedness, to devise a remedy, which, if it did not cure the disease, helped at least to cicatrize the immediate wounds.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various

There are certain pains that nothing can alleviate, nor heal, and there are wounds that nothing can cicatrize.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various

He feels very sore at the rumored intentions to relieve him, and the major-generalcy does not cicatrize the wound.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson

As fast as one is cut down another arises in its place; and there is no searing- iron to scorch and cicatrize the wound.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William