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scar tissue


scar tissue

noun

Definition of SCAR TISSUE

: the connective tissue forming a scar and composed chiefly of fibroblasts in recent scars and largely of dense collagenous fibers in old scars
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First Known Use of SCAR TISSUE

1875

Rhymes with SCAR TISSUE

at issue, reissue, take issue, wedge issue

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