scar tissue

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noun

connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.

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Nearby words

scapulohumeral, scapulopexy, scapus, scar, scar carcinoma, scar tissue, scar-faced, scarab, scarabaeid, scarabaeoid, scarabaeus

Origin of scar tissue

First recorded in 1870–75

Also called cicatricial tissue.

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Examples from the Web for scar tissue

Sand regarded him from under eyelids made almost entirely of scar-tissue.
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Medicine definitions for scar tissue

scar tissue

n.

Dense, fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut.

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