Medical Definition of Cicatrisation

1. Contraction of fibrous tissue, formed at a wound site by fibroblasts, reducing the size of the wound but causing tissue distortion and disfigurement. Once thought to be due to contraction of collagen but now known to be due to cellular activity. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cicatrisation

cicala
cicalas
cicale
cicatrectomy
cicatrice
cicatrices
cicatrices
cicatricial
cicatricial
cicatricial conjunctivitis
cicatricial ectropion
cicatricial entropion
cicatricial horn
cicatricial pemphigoid
cicatricotomy
cicatrisation (current term)
cicatrise
cicatrix
cicatrix
cicatrixes
cicatrizant
cicatrization
cicatrization
cicatrizations
cicatrization atelectasis
cicatrize
cicatrized
cicatrizes
cicatrizing
cicelies

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