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cicatricial tissue

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scar tissue

 
–noun
connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
Also called cicatricial tissue.

Origin:
1870–75
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Main Entry: scar tissue
Function: noun
: the connective tissue forming a scar and composed chiefly of fibroblasts in recent scars and largely of dense collagenous fibersin old scars
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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scar tissue n.
Dense, fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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