scar tissue


noun

connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
Also called cicatricial tissue.

Origin of scar tissue

First recorded in 1870–75

Example sentences from the Web for scar tissue

  • Sand regarded him from under eyelids made almost entirely of scar-tissue.

    Occasion for Disaster |Gordon Randall Garrett

Medical definitions for scar tissue

scar tissue

n.

Dense, fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut.