What is another word for cicatrize?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪkɐtɹˌa͡ɪz] (IPA)

Cicatrize is a verb that refers to the process of healing wounds and scars. It is a medical term that has a few synonyms that can be used interchangeably. Some common synonyms for cicatrize include healing, repairing, mending, and mending. Other synonyms for cicatrize include closing, knitting, sealing, and fixing. These words all have similar meanings as cicatrize and can be used in medical or everyday contexts. Using the same or similar words repeatedly may become tedious, so it is always helpful to have a variety of similar words to choose from that can add flavor to your writing.

Synonyms for Cicatrize:

What are the hypernyms for Cicatrize?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cicatrize

This perforation had been made during life, for the edges had commenced to cicatrize.
"A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 87-204"
H. C. Yarrow
The federalists, during their short-lived ascendancy, have, nevertheless, by forcing us from the embargo, inflicted a wound on our interests which can never be cured, and on our affections which will require time to cicatrize.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
In a moment all was destroyed; past prosperity, hopes of the future; it needed a whole century, a minister called Richelieu and a king called Louis the Fourteenth, to cicatrize the wound made in France by Ravaillac's knife.
"The Regent's Daughter"
Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

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