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scarring

scarring

16 3.3
The permanent mark on skin after an injury heals
  • noun
  • /ˈskɑːrɪŋ/
translation icon : cicatrización
  • The severe burn left significant scarring on his arm, serving as a reminder of the accident.
  • heal without scarring
  • result in scarring
  • cause scarring

So, you know, the healing that's going to take place and the scarring that's going to take place is very significant.

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Examples

Synonyms

scar
vsscarring
427 1.0

A permanent mark on skin or another surface after a wound heals

covers both the making of the mark and the mark itself
scar tissue
vsscarring
22 3.5

Tough new tissue that forms over a wound while it heals

is the general term for the process or resulting permanent mark
cicatrix
vsscarring
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A scar on the skin left after a wound heals

is used also for the process that makes that mark
cicatrice
vsscarring
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A scar left on the skin after a wound heals

is broader, covering both making and being the permanent mark
scarification
vsscarring
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A medical treatment that makes small cuts in the skin to help a wound heal or drain pus

is the natural process or result of forming a permanent mark after injury
cicatrization
vsscarring
  • Specialized
9.9

The healing of a wound that leaves a scar

is both the process and the final permanent mark

Antonyms

344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

98 3.4

The act of returning something to its original state

How Permanent

keloid
  • Specialized
2 8.5
scarring
16 3.3
scar
427 1.0
wound healing
  • Specialized
1 3.5
bruise
266 1.6

Surface Forms

scarring singular
scarrings plural

Morphology

scarring = scar (transparent) = scar + ing

Nominal or resultative use of the verbal '-ing' forming the process/result of scarring; meaning is a direct extension of the verb.

Etymology

Scarring comes from the word scar, meaning 'cut' or 'mark', and it names the process or result when a wound heals and leaves a permanent mark on the skin. So medical scarring is the lasting tissue change after an injury.