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English
Etymology
From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicatrix ‘scar’.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'sɪkətɹʌɪz/

Verb
cicatrise

1. to heal a wound through scarring

#:*1923: But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint. — The Thousand Nights and One Night, tr. Powys Mathers

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• 2007-04-01 12:48 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[fr:cicatrise]]

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