Speakur

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scar tissue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
scar tis-sue
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

noun

The long-term psychological consequences of a negative event.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

scar tissues (plural)

Questions

What does scar tissue mean?
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.

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