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Scar Tissue

Definition: Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue

Noun

1. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Scar Tissue

Synonyms: cicatrice (n), cicatrix (n), scar (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Scar Tissue

English words defined with "scar tissue": abscissioncheloidkeloidphotocoagulationtrachoma. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scar tissue": Biliary Stricturecicatricial ectropion, cicatricial entropion, Cicatrix, Hypertrophicradiation fibrosis. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scar Tissue

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear. (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank)

Lyrics

Scar tissue that I wish you saw ("Scar Tissue"; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Movie/TV Titles

Scar Tissue (1979)

Song Titles

Scar Tissue (performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scar Tissue

DomainTitle

Books

  • Scar tissue, its use and abuse; the surgical correction of deformation due to hypertrophic scar and the prevention of its formation (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Scar Tissue

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Cut surface of gross autopsy specimen of liver showing diffuse pallor due to dense network of scar tissue (fibrosis, cirrhosis). Scarring has occurred in response to chronic injury from alcohol abuse.Credit: CDC.

Proliferative retinopathy, an advanced form of diabetic retinopathy, occurs when abnormal new blood vessels and scar tissue form on the surface of the retina.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scar Tissue

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Some of these cells also form scar tissue after injury. (references)

More often, scar tissue may form in the urethra and cause narrowing. (references)

In NASH, fat builds up in the liver and eventually causes scar tissue. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scar Tissue

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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333

scar tissue lyrics

48

lyrics red hot chili pepper scar tissue

46

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19

scar tissue tab

13

scar tissue treatment

11

scar tissue pain

10

in lung scar tissue

9

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9

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8

internal scar tissue

6

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5

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5

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5

scar tissue guitar tab

5

scar tissue surgery

5

massage scar tissue

4

scar tissue knee

4

adhesion scar tissue

4

brain scar tissue

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Scar Tissue

Language Translations for "scar tissue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

crackan cronnagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arscay issuetay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Scar Tissue

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-r-s-s-s-t-u"

-1 letter: cuirasses, suitcases, suricates.

-2 letters: assister, casuists, cistuses, citruses, crassest, curtsies, rictuses, sacrists, sauciest, scariest, scissure, sucrases, suitcase, suricate.

-3 letters: actress, arcuses, ascesis, ascites, asserts, assures, aurists, caestus, casters, casuist, causers, cesuras, cristae, cruises, crusets, cuestas, cuirass, cuisses, curates, curites, cussers, cutises, ectasis, icterus, ictuses, issuers, raciest, racists, recasts, resists, risuses, russets, rustics, sacrist, sassier, satires, saucers, saucier, sauries, siestas, sisters, situses, stearic, sucrase, suiters, tassies, tissues, trasses, trusses, tussars, tussers.

-4 letters: acuter, acutes, airest, arises, assert, assets, assist, assure, asters, aurist, caress, carets, caries, carses, cartes, cassis, caster, castes, caters, causer, causes, cerias, cestas, cestus, cesura, cistus, citers, citrus, crases, crasis, crates, crests, crises, crissa, crista, cruets, cruise, cruses, cruset, crusts, cuesta, cuisse, curate, curets, curiae, curies, curite, curses, cusser, cusses, cuties, ericas, eructs, escars, estrus, issuer, issues, racist, raises, reacts, recast, rectus, recuts, resist, rictus, russet, rustic, saices, satire, saucer, sauces, sautes, scares, scarts, scaurs, scries, scutes, seracs, serais, siesta, sieurs, sister, sistra, sitars, stairs, stares, stases, stasis, steric, strass, stress, striae, sucres, suiter, suites, surest, sutras, tarsus, tasses, tassie, terais, tissue, traces, triacs, trices, truces, tsuris, tussar, tusser, tusses, tussis, urases, urates, uratic, uretic.

-5 letters: acres, acute, airts, arcus, areic, arise, arses, arsis, ascus, asses, asset, aster, astir, aurei, aures, auric, auris, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, cases, caste, casts, casus, cater, cates, cause, ceria, cesta, cesti, cires, cists, citer, cites, crass, crate, cress, crest, cries, cruet, cruse, crust, cures, curet, curia, curie, curse, curst, cuter, cutes, cutie, cutis, easts, ecrus, erica, eruct, escar, etuis, ictus, irate, issue, races, raise, rases, rates, react, recta, recti, recut, rests, retia, rices, rises, risus, rites, ruses, rusts, saice, saris, sates, satis, sauce, saute, scare, scars, scart, scats, scaur, scuta, scute, scuts, sears, seats, sects, serac, serai, sices, sieur, sires, sises, sitar, sites, situs, stair, stare, stars, sties, stirs, stria, sucre, suers, suets, suite, suits, suras, sutra, taces, tares, tarsi, tasse, tears, terai, tiers, tires, trace, trass, tress, triac, trice, tries, truce, trues, truss, tsars, uraei, urase, urate, ureas, ureic, ursae, users, uteri.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-r-s-s-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: casuistries, crassitudes, secularists.

 

+2 letters: resuscitates, supremacists.

 

+3 letters: atrociousness, customariness, fractiousness, resuscitators.

 

+4 letters: resuscitations, subsecretaries.

 

+5 letters: atrociousnesses, customarinesses, fractiousnesses, inscrutableness, lucrativenesses, superspecialist, uncertainnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Scar Tissue


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 61 72      54 69 73 73 75 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01110101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#97 &#114 &#32 &#84 &#105 &#115 &#115 &#117 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0061 0072      0054 0069 0073 0073 0075 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

536967842547585858771

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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