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Cicatrice

A cicatrix.

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Callus 76% connected

Same as Callosity

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Keloid 76% connected

Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.

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Pockmark 76% connected

A mark or pit made by smallpox.

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Vaccination 76% connected

The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.

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Symptom 76% connected

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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Pit 74% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Pit 74% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Scarify 74% connected

To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller ve…

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Scarify 74% connected

To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller ve…

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Cicatrix 92% connected

The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts an…

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Scar 92% connected

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

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