The process of forming scar tissue and healing a wound (British spelling).
From French cicatrisation, derived from cicatriser with the Latin-derived suffix -tion/-ation indicating a process or result.
The British use of -s- in cicatrisation shows how spelling preferences developed separately in English-speaking regions, but the underlying concept—the transformation of torn tissue into strong scar—remains universal.
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