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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.

A cicatrix.

Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. Dunglison.

Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.

dicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.

The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.

To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman.

To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. Pope.

h makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See Tortrix. -- Leaf scar (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen. -- Leaf sewer (Zoöl.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., Phoxopteris nubeculana, which…

an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body. T. Burnet.

A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. Seam blast, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. -- Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- Seam presser. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows.…