SCAR

Scar

Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. A scar results from the biological process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in some degree of scarring. An exception to this is animals with regeneration, which do not form scars and the tissue will grow back exactly as before.

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scar

Noun

  1. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A cliff.
  2. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.

Verb

  1. To mark the skin permanently.
  2. To form a scar.
  3. To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
    Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.


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