Definition of: cicatrix

(sik′ə·triks) noun plural cic·a·tri·ces (sik′·ə·trī′sēz)
1. Med. A scar or seam consisting of new tissue formed in the healing of wounded or ulcerous parts and remaining after their cure: also cic·a·trice (sik′ə·tris).
2. Biol. A scar or scar-like marking, as that left on the interior of a bivalve shell by the attachment of the adductors, or that left by the fall of a leaf or other organ. [<L]
—cic·a·tri·cial (sik′ə·trish′əl), ci·cat·ri·cose (si·kat′ri·kōs) adjective