: the formation or appearance of a scar or of multiple scars on the skin or other bodily tissue after a wound has healed
an injury that resulted in a lot of scarring on his leg
facial/corneal scarring
Overly aggressive facials—especially on people with very sensitive skin or acne—can result in scarring, worsened breakouts and broken capillaries,—
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Liz BrodyThe redness, scarring, and hyperpigmentation of deep inflammatory acne lesions frequently lessen in two or three years.—Elizabeth A. Abel et al.
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Twenty years prior to the present day of the movie, Ray Stoker (Day-Lewis) abandoned his family to live off the grid in a hut in the woods after a scarring incident during the conflict, which pitted Catholics against Protestants within Northern Ireland, and union loyalists against republicans.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Gladbach, like many German clubs, were hit hard by the pandemic and their financial accounts still show the scarring.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Additionally, Black patients are more susceptible to keloid scarring, and a 2020 cross-specialty study of surgical patients found that Black patients had a higher rate of sepsis or septic shock compared to White patients.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The resulting dehydration is often what lands them in the hospital, but some need to be intubated and placed on a ventilator, which Maldonado says can lead to permanent scarring of the lungs and other long-term effects.
—Mark Kreidler, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Gladbach, like many German clubs, were hit hard by the pandemic and their financial accounts still show the scarring.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Additionally, Black patients are more susceptible to keloid scarring, and a 2020 cross-specialty study of surgical patients found that Black patients had a higher rate of sepsis or septic shock compared to White patients.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The resulting dehydration is often what lands them in the hospital, but some need to be intubated and placed on a ventilator, which Maldonado says can lead to permanent scarring of the lungs and other long-term effects.
—Mark Kreidler, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scarring
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scarring. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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