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CICATRIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cicatrize ... he / she / it cicatrizes
Past simple: cicatrized
-ing form: cicatrizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon
Synonyms:
cicatrise; cicatrize
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cicatrize" is one way to...):
mark; pit; pock; scar (mark with a scar)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
cicatrix (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)