different between sclerosis vs cicatrice

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (skl?r?sis, “an induration”), from *???????? (skl?roûn, “to harden, indurate”), from ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skl?????s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

sclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural scleroses)

1. (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
2. Inability to create change.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sclera

Translations

Further reading

• sclerosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sclerosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin cicatrix

Noun

cicatrice (plural cicatrices)

1. (medicine) a scar
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section viii

     Fanny's scissors moved steadily round the armhole and slit down the sleeve, revealing a surprisingly soft white arm and shoulder. Across the shoulder was an ancient cicatrice.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cic?tr?x.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ka.t?is/

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrices)

1. scar

Further reading

• “cicatrice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cicatrix, cicatricem.

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrici)

1. scar

Derived terms

• cicatrizzare

Anagrams

• eccitarci

Latin

Noun

cic?tr?ce

1. ablative singular of cic?tr?x

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cic?tr?x, cicatricem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??ika?trit??e]

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrice or cicatrici)

1. scar

Declension

Spanish

Verb

cicatrice

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cicatrizar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.