cicatrize

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cicatrize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cicatrize \Cic"a*trize\, v. i. (Med.)
     To heal; to have a new skin.
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  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.
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cicatrize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cicatrize
      v 1: form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and
           it will heal soon" [syn: cicatrize, cicatrise]