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• n  a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• n  an indication of damage
• v  mark with a scar
  The skin disease scarred his face permanently

• Stretched so that they cover as much as nine times their original area, the dressings help prevent the formation of scar tissue and hasten the growth of new skin.
• Raw earth mounds scar the landscape, grave after grave without name or number.
• For decades, the ugly scar across the face of Berlin offered a navigational beacon to the governments of the world.

• cicatrix
• cicatrice
• scratch
• scrape
• mark
• pock
• pit

News & Articles

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• Facebook allows mastectomy scar photos after petition
  The new policy was created after a campaign led by Scorchy Barrington, a woman with stage IV breast cancer, and David Jay, founder of the SCAR Project.
  June 13, 2013 - GlobalPost
• The Louisville Basketball Player Who Gruesomely Broke His Leg Against Duke Posts A Picture Of His Scar
  Ware posted this picture of his scar on Instagram today. The injury was horrific. Ware jumped to block a shot around the 3-point line. When he came down, his left leg got caught under his body and snapped.
  June 13, 2013 - Business Insider
• Scar removal, what works and what doesn't
  There's folklore out there that says the juice of an onion can prevent a scar from a cut or a medical procedure. But putting the same stuff that burns your eyes on an open wound? There are other folk remedies out there to debunk, as well as some simple things that do work.
  June 10, 2013 - WABC-TV New York

Quotes

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• Brett Favre in OnlineSportsHandicappers.com
  This is to confirm that I did have a procedure to remove some scar tissue and bone spurs from my ankle which had been bothering me for a period of time,stated Favre "I appreciate your concerns."
• Jeff Bezos in Independent
  In a statement posted on the website, Bezos said the remote removal was "stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles", adding: "We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going...
• Bobby Murcer in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  We received great news this morning,Murcer said in a release through the Yankees. "The biopsy revealed scar tissue. It showed no signs of cancer. We are very excited about this news. It's what we had hoped for all along."