cicatricial tissue

noun

1. scar tissue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cicatricial tissue¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

This formation of a cicatricial tissue demands further recognition when the termination of inflammation is considered.

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Eventually, a patch of cicatricial tissue remains as the sole indication of the previous disturbance.

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Hypertrophy of cicatricial tissue resembling keloid, possibly true keloid.

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It attacks the face, nose and neck, and it usually destroys the fauces, palate and pharynx; the soft palate is entirely destroyed, and the only remains of the pillars of the fauces are scars of cicatricial tissue.

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Once the cervix is torn the raw surfaces become covered by granulations and later by cicatricial tissue, but as a rule they do not unite.

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