Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in a place where an injury has healed.

    Narbengewebe

    рубцо́вая тканьrubcóvaja tkanʹ

  2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually)The long-term psychological consequences of a negative event.

    Narbe

    шрамšram

More definitions
  • the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He was slashed with a wide cicatrice of scar tissue.

  2. She ran her hand along the scar tissue on her stomach.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
type of tissue formed in a place where an injury has healed:
long-term psychological consequences:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
type of tissue formed in a place where an injury has healed:
long-term psychological consequences:

Forms

plural: scar tissues
Singularscar tissue

uncountable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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