scar tissue

1. 1.

   the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars

   Broaderconnective tissue

   Narroweradhesion

Questions about scar tissue

What does scar tissue mean?

scar tissue means "the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars".

Is scar tissue a common word?

scar tissue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.