cicatricial

English

Alternative forms

• cicatrical

Etymology

From cicatrix +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

cicatricial (not comparable)

1. Caused by a scar.
   • 1891, Peter Charles Remondino, History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3]:

     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.

Derived terms

• noncicatricial
• paracicatricial
• pericicatricial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cicatriciel.

Adjective

cicatricial m or n (feminine singular cicatricială, masculine plural cicatriciali, feminine and neuter plural cicatriciale)

1. cicatricial

Declension

Declension of cicatricial

		singular				plural
		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, Philippines) /sikatɾiˈsjal/ [si.ka.t̪ɾiˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ci‧ca‧tri‧cial

Adjective

cicatricial m or f (masculine and feminine plural cicatriciales)

1. cicatrical
2. (relational) scar

Further reading

• “cicatricial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10