wound scar

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• wound, scar —    The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• wound, scar —    The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• Scar (comics) — Scar Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance As a Guardian Green Lantern #25 (December 2007) As Scar …   Wikipedia

• Scar — Scar, n. [OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. ? hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. {Eschar}.] 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wound —  , scar  The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• scar — Ⅰ. scar [1] ► NOUN 1) a mark left on the skin or within body tissue after the healing of a wound or burn. 2) a mark left at the point of separation of a leaf, frond, or other part from a plant. 3) a lasting effect left following an unpleasant… …   English terms dictionary

• scar — scar1 [skär] n. [ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier] 1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix 2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a …   English World dictionary

• scar — [n] blemish from previous injury or illness blister, cicatrice, cicatrix, crater, defect, discoloration, disfigurement, flaw, hurt, mark, pockmark, scab, track, wound; concept 580 Ant. perfection scar [v] mark, hurt beat, blemish, brand, cut,… …   New thesaurus

• scar´i|fy´ing|ly — scar|i|fy «SKAR uh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. a) to make scratches or cuts in the surface of (as the skin). b) to cover with scratches: »These…could be stamped out of plastic or Fiberglas with a scarified top (New Yorker). Fixing her… …   Useful english dictionary

• scar|i|fy — «SKAR uh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. a) to make scratches or cuts in the surface of (as the skin). b) to cover with scratches: »These…could be stamped out of plastic or Fiberglas with a scarified top (New Yorker). Fixing her nails in… …   Useful english dictionary

• Scar — Scars redirects here. For the 1998 video game, see S.C.A.R.S. (video game). Scarring redirects here. For the act of inflicting scars, see Scarification. This article is about scar tissue. For other uses, see Scar (disambiguation). Scar… …   Wikipedia