scar tissue
nounDefinition 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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The secondary has experience but significant scar tissue after allowing more receptions of 20 yards or longer than any SEC team. — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "2019 College Football Rankings: No. 10 Texas A&M trending up under Jimbo Fisher," 15 Aug. 2019 Biocell implants feature a textured surface designed to prevent slippage and to minimize scar tissue. — CBS News, "Breast implants tied to rare form of cancer recalled at FDA request," 24 July 2019 Textured breast implants are designed to stay in place in women's breasts by developing scar tissue that will stick to the implants, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "The FDA Announced a Breast Implant Recall. Here's Everything You Need To Know," 24 July 2019 The small implant, consisting of two coils, sits in the fallopian tube, which develops scar tissue. — Mckenzie Schwark, Teen Vogue, "Essure Birth Control to Be Pulled From Market By Manufacturer," 23 July 2018 Her mother had scar tissue after a hysterectomy, and with that came a long-standing prescription for OxyContin. — Kaitlin Menza, Good Housekeeping, "Mommy's Little Helper:," 13 Aug. 2016 Usually a patient leaves the ICU within a week and starts physical therapy, but Nalley had a lot of scar tissue to cut through from his first transplant. — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, "Shared Breath," 25 July 2019 On her Instagram Stories, Millie herself shared a never-before-seen blooper from the ST3 set that warmed my soul and healed the metaphorical scar tissue on my heart. — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, "Millie Bobby Brown Posts Hilarious "Stranger Things 3" Blooper," 25 July 2019 Instead, their hearts become fibrotic, in which muscle is replaced by scar tissue. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Heart disease is the price of becoming human, UCSD study finds," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scar tissue.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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