• (n.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/cicatrix/
Ci·ca'trix noun ; plural Cicatrices . [ Latin ] (Medicine) 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/78