cicatrisive, a.
(sɪkəˈtraɪsɪv)
[irreg. formed from cicatrize, -ise vb., as if after incisive, etc.]
Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrice.
1730–6 Bailey (folio), Cicatrisive (with Physicians), desiccative, and tending to form a cicatrix. 1755 in Johnson. |