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SCAR TISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scar tissue" is a kind of...):
connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scar tissue"):
adhesion (a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures)
Context examples:
Notably, 51 of the 57 genetic variants influence and regulate human lung fibroblast cells, a type of cell producing scar tissue in the lungs.
(Researchers identify genetic variations linked to oxygen drops during sleep, National Institutes of Health)
A type of chronic, progressive liver disease in which liver cells are replaced by scar tissue.
(Cirrhosis, NCI Dictionary)
Scar tissue forms because of injury or long-term disease.
(Cirrhosis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Scar tissue cannot do what healthy liver tissue does - make protein, help fight infections, clean the blood, help digest food and store energy.
(Cirrhosis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Nothing will make the scar tissue disappear, but treating the cause can keep it from getting worse.
(Cirrhosis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
