Cicatrix
/ˈsɪk.ə.trɪks/noun
A scar left after a wound has healed.
Did you know?In Latin, cicatrix could mean a scar or even the mark left by a healed wound, and it survives in biology, medicine, and the mystical idea of the body as a ledger of injury.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
sīcātrix / cicātrix
“a scar; the mark left by a cut or wound”
Old French
Old French
cicatrice
“a scar”
Middle English
English
cicatrice
“a scar or wound mark”
Modern English
English
cicatrix
“a scar, especially a healed one”