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scar tissue

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noun

connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.

Origin of scar tissue

First recorded in 1870–75

Also called cicatricial tissue.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for scar tissue

Historical Examples of scar tissue

Sand regarded him from under eyelids made almost entirely of scar-tissue.
Occasion for Disaster
Gordon Randall Garrett

scar tissue in Medicine

scar tissue

n.

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

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