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SCAR
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Irregular inflected forms: scarred , scarring
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An indication of damage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scar" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Derivation:
scar (mark with a scar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("scar" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scar"):
callus (bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone)
cheloid; keloid (raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair)
pockmark (a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease)
sword-cut (a scar from a cut made by a sword)
vaccination (the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine)
Derivation:
scar (mark with a scar)
scarify (puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scar ... he / she / it scars
Past simple: scarred
Past participle: scarred
-ing form: scarring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mark with a scar
Example:
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scar" is one way to...):
blemish; deface; disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)
"Scar" entails doing...:
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
Verb group:
mark; nock; score (make small marks into the surface of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scar"):
pockmark (mark with or as if with pockmarks)
cicatrise; cicatrize (form a scar, after an injury)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
scar (an indication of damage)
scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
Context examples:
Scarring can block the bile ducts, which can lead to liver failure.
(Bile Duct Diseases, NIH)
This can cause bile and toxic substances to build up in the liver, which may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver failure.
(Biliary cirrhosis, NCI Dictionary)
The health risks of piercings and tattoos include: • Allergic reactions • Keloids, a type of scar that forms during healing • Infections, such as hepatitis
(Piercing and Tattoos, NIH)
A substance that is being studied in the prevention and treatment of scar tissue caused by radiation therapy.
(Pirfenidone, NCI Dictionary)
You see the other with the grey ’ead and the scars on his face?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It causes scarring in these organs.
(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
It presents as a scar usually in the face.
(Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue.
(Cardiomyopathy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver.
(Cirrhosis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
She also had severe scarring in her lungs and was having trouble breathing.
(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)
