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Definition of Scar

1. Noun. A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.

2. Verb. Mark with a scar. "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

3. Noun. An indication of damage.

Definition of Scar

1. n. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

2. v. t. To mark with a scar or scars.

3. v. i. To form a scar.

4. n. An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.

5. n. A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

Definition of Scar

1. to form a scar (a mark left by the healing of injured tissue) [v SCARRED, SCARRING, SCARS]

Medical Definition of Scar

1. To mark with a scar or scars. "Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." (Shak) "His cheeks were deeply scarred." (Macaulay) Origin: Scarred; Scarring. 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. "This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . And not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body." (T. Burnet) 2. A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. Origin: OF. Escare, F. Eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. Escara), L. Eschara, fr. Gr. Hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar. A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. Origin: L. Scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. Skaros. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scar

scapuloclavicular scapulocostal syndrome scapulodynia scapulohumeral scapulohumeral scapulohumeral atrophy scapulohumeral muscular dystrophy scapulohumeral reflex scapuloperiosteal reflex scapulopexy

scapus scapus scapus penis scapus pili scar (current term) scar (current term) scarab scarabaean scarabaei scarabaeid

Scarabaeidae scarabaeid beetle scarabaeus scarabaeus scarabaeuses Scarabaeus sacer scarabee scarabee scarabees scaraboid

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