scar tissue
connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
Origin of scar tissue
1- Also called cicatricial tissue.
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“The scar tissue and the fibrous structures from the surgeries now compresses my carotid artery,” Wilson says.
What 9/11 Survivors and First Responders Have Taught Us About Public Health in the 20 Years Since the Attacks | Tara Law | September 10, 2021 | TimeYou might also find more diffuse patches of scar tissue in the heart muscle, which can either be the result of a temporary shortage of oxygen or the after-effects of a mild bout of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
There’s New Evidence on Heart Health in Endurance Athletes | mmirhashem | August 7, 2021 | Outside OnlineIn Sharma’s group of 152 masters athletes, 11 percent had diffuse patches of scar tissue.
There’s New Evidence on Heart Health in Endurance Athletes | mmirhashem | August 7, 2021 | Outside OnlineWhen he started feeling chest pain again and returned for the checkup, doctors instructed him not to take part in any physical activity for the next six months because there was still scar tissue on his heart.
After missing a season with myocarditis, Maryland tight end is back and bringing his mom joy | Emily Giambalvo | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostBrain radiation damaged my vision, my hearing and my hormones, and its long-term effect on the scar tissue in my brain is possibly why I’m epileptic.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed. | Jeff Henigson | March 26, 2021 | Washington Post
And Hagel was changed, in large measure, because he bore within him intellectual (and physical) scar tissue from Vietnam.
Norman survived a six-hour operation in early October 2007 to remove the scar tissue on his lungs.
My fingers went up and stroked, musingly, the ridge of scar tissue along my mouth.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyThere is often much irregular scar tissue about the opening, which may cause additional difficulty at the operation.
High on his right temple was an old radiation burn, a sunburst of pink scar tissue.
The Hour of Battle | Robert SheckleyThe V-shaped flap is dissected up and the lid liberated from the underlying scar tissue.
Concurrently and by the same process the external clot is converted into scar tissue.
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