Cicatrix \Ci*ca"trix\, n.; pl. {Cicatrices}. [L.] (Med.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
cicatrix n : a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue [syn: {scar}, {cicatrice}] [also: {cicatrices} (pl)]