different between scarring vs cicatrise

English

Verb

scarring

1. present participle of scar

Noun

scarring (plural scarrings)

1. A scar; a mark.
   • 1873, John Tyndall, The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers, page 148

     We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the boulder here.

English

Alternative forms

• cicatrize (US)

Etymology

From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cic?tr?x (“scar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?k.?.t?a?z/

Verb

cicatrise (third-person singular simple present cicatrises, present participle cicatrising, simple past and past participle cicatrised)

1. (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
   • 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers

     But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.

2. (intransitive) To form a scar.

Related terms

• cauterise
• cicatrix

Translations

French

Verb

cicatrise

1. first-person singular present indicative of cicatriser
2. third-person singular present indicative of cicatriser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cicatriser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cicatriser
5. second-person singular imperative of cicatriser