cicatrix
Mark from healing
A cicatrix is a scar—the mark left after a wound heals.
The term is medical or literary, appearing in clinical contexts or formal writing: The cicatrix from the surgery had faded to a thin white line.
Plural: cicatrices.
The more common English word is simply scar.
Overgrown scar tissue
- pockmarkDepressed scar from infection
- seamJoined fabric edge
- weltRaised skin injury
- markVisible impression or sign
disfigurement · blemish · ridge · indentation · pucker · fibrous · raised · depressed
Memory aid
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- markVisible impression or sign
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
remnant · evidence · legacy · testament · record · souvenir · memento · echo
Controlled cut into tissue
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- lesionArea of pathological change
suture · stitch · cut · puncture · surgical · postoperative · trauma · injury
Outermost tissue layer
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- collagenStructural body protein
- fibroblastsCollagen-producing connective tissue cells
- tissueDisposable soft paper
dermatology · graft · integument · remodeling · connective · matrix · proliferation · dermabrasion
Biological self-repair process
- repairRestore to working order
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
- mendingRestoring damaged items
convalescence · recuperation · rehabilitation · formation · maturation · remodeling · closure · resolution
keloid
Overgrown scar tissue
mark · disfigurement · blemish · ridge · indentation · pucker · fibrous · raised · depressed · atrophic
reminder
Memory aid
vestige · remnant · evidence · legacy · testament · record · souvenir · memento · echo · lasting
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- abrasionShallow surface wound
lesion · suture · stitch · cut · puncture · surgical · postoperative · trauma · injury · contusion
epidermis
Outermost tissue layer
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- collagenStructural body protein
- fibroblastsCollagen-producing connective tissue cells
tissue · dermatology · graft · integument · remodeling · connective · matrix · proliferation · dermabrasion · resurfacing
regeneration
Biological self-repair process
- repairRestore to working order
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
mending · convalescence · recuperation · rehabilitation · formation · maturation · remodeling · closure · resolution · secondary
- disfigurementsdeformities, deformity, birthmarks, mutilation, burns
- scarskeloid, pockmark, pockmarks, contracture
- wound healingscab, granulation, wound closure, tissue repair, hemostasis
cicatrixopen wound
Unhealed break in skin
lesion · laceration · gash · abrasion · ulcer