cicatrix
Ci*ca"trix, n.; pl. Cicatrices. Etym: [L.] (Med.) Defn: 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.
Ci*ca"trix, n.; pl. Cicatrices. Etym: [L.] (Med.) Defn: 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.