English

Adjective

cicatricial ‎(not comparable)

1. (archaic) caused by a scar
   • 1916, United States Department of Agriculture, Special Report on Diseases of the Horse:

     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.

   • 1901, George Henry Makins, Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900:

     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.

   • 1891, Peter Charles Remondino, History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present:

     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.