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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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scar tissue  
n.  Dense fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut.
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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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