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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That setback, though, turned out to be scar tissue from the surgery.
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With each transplant, new complications arise and scar tissue builds up.
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After my pregnancy with the twins, my skin had stretched so much and all my organs moved around so much, that that inner scar tissue must have also stretched.
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Van Ness Obviously the scar tissue from all of that is still very present.
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After the incision has healed, a therapist can mobilize and massage both the internal and external scar tissue.
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But the more scar tissue that forms, the less functional a liver becomes.
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It is designed so the body then produces a scar tissue barrier that prevents sperm from fertilizing an egg.
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The scar tissue, the statement said, developed after a cyst was removed many years ago.
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First Known Use of scar tissue
1875
Medical Dictionary
scar tissue
medical 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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