scar noun the mark left on the skin after a wound or surgicalincision has healed ⬛ He still has the scar of his appendicectomy. Also called cicatrix verb to leave a scar on the skin ⬛ The burns have scarred him for life. Plastic surgeons have tried to repair the scarred arm. Patients were given special clothes to reduce hypertrophic scarring.
Full-Text Search Entries
scar tissue (noun fibrous tissue which forms a scar)
ule- (prefix relating to a scar, or to scar tissue)