cicatricial
English
Alternative forms
- cicatrical
Etymology
cicatrix + -ial
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪʃəl
Adjective
cicatricial (not comparable)
- Caused by a scar.
- 1891, Peter Charles Remondino, History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present:
- It required a secondary operation to overcome some cicatricial contraction, and, on the whole, he had a very serviceable prepuce; but, what was more to the point, it prevented his ever being mistaken for a Turk.
- 1901, George Henry Makins, Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900:
- This was apparently the result of the difficulty of isolating the vessels in the tangled mass of clot and cicatricial tissue surrounding them, and is a strong argument against too early interference.
- 1916, United States Department of Agriculture, Special Report on Diseases of the Horse:
- Under the most favorable circumstances a period of from six weeks to two months will be necessary for the treatment, before the formation of the cicatricial callus and the establishment of a firm union between the tendinous stumps.
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Derived terms
- paracicatricial
- pericicatricial
Romanian
Etymology
From French cicatriciel.
Adjective
cicatricial m or n (feminine singular cicatricială, masculine plural cicatriciali, feminine and neuter plural cicatriciale)
- cicatricial
Declension
Declension of cicatricial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | cicatricial | cicatricială | cicatriciali | cicatriciale | ||
definite | cicatricialul | cicatriciala | cicatricialii | cicatricialele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | cicatricial | cicatriciale | cicatriciali | cicatriciale | ||
definite | cicatricialului | cicatricialei | cicatricialilor | cicatricialelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From cicatriz + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θikatɾiˈθjal/ [θi.ka.t̪ɾiˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sikatɾiˈsjal/ [si.ka.t̪ɾiˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ci‧ca‧tri‧cial
Adjective
cicatricial (plural cicatriciales)
- cicatrical
- (relational) scar
Further reading
- “cicatricial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014