"scar tissue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scar tissues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} scar tissue (usually uncountable, plural scar tissues)
  1. (anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in a place where an injury has healed. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (type of tissue formed in a place where an injury has healed): 疤痕組織 (Chinese Mandarin), 疤痕组织 (bāhén zǔzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), littekenweefsel [neuter] (Dutch), arpikudos (Finnish), tissu cicatriciel [masculine] (French), Narbengewebe [neuter] (German), fíochán coilm [masculine] (Irish), tecido cicatricial [masculine] (Portuguese), cicatrice [feminine] (Romanian), рубцо́вая ткань (rubcóvaja tkanʹ) [feminine] (Russian), yara izi dokusu (Turkish), meinwe craith [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scar_tissue-en-noun-RyDyFpx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'type of tissue formed in a place where an injury has healed': 99 1
  2. (figurative, by extension) The long-term psychological consequences of a negative event. Tags: broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually Translations (long-term psychological consequences): 陰影 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴影 (yīnyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), arvet [plural] (Finnish), Narbe [feminine] (German), шрам (šram) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scar_tissue-en-noun-yPc7gFg1 Disambiguation of 'long-term psychological consequences': 3 97

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