English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "litteken" is 'n merk wat op die vel of ander weefsel gelaat word nadat 'n wond, besering of operasie genees is. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n blywende effek op 'n persoon se emosionele of sielkundige toestand wat veroorsaak word deur 'n traumatiese ervaring of moeilike situasie. As 'n werkwoord beteken "litteken" om met 'n litteken te merk of gemerk te word of om emosionele of sielkundige skade te veroorsaak.

Synonyms

  1. cicatrice
  2. cicatrix

Sentence Examples

  1. I pushed up my shirtsleeve to show the tip of the claw mark scar across the back of my forearm then flipped it over to show the identical mark on the other side.
  2. A massive scar crossed the right side of its face, from the hair line past its eye all the way down to its heavily whiskered jaw.
  3. Stout fingers caressed the side of his face that once held a scar, vanished with the last traces of the husk we had met.
  4. He was late twenties, I guessed, with a ropy scar on the left side of his face.
  5. His face was perfectly symmetrical with the exception of a small crescent-shaped scar nestled in his left eyebrow.
  6. A foot-long reptilian claw was mounted to the back of the door, which I strongly suspected belonged to the creature to which Carl owed the scar on his face.
  7. I pulled aside the hair obstructing half of my vision and put my fingers to the not-so-visible scar on my forehead that had begun to itch.
  8. My arms pulsed with heat, the snaking ribbons of scar tissue writhing with silver luminosity.
  9. The pain from his neck scar pulsed for the remainder of his pacing.
  10. His back still ached from their last session, but the skin had scabbed over and begun to scar.

TV Series Examples

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So he gave me a nice little scar