PROUD FLESH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proud flesh mean? 

• PROUD FLESH (noun)
  The noun PROUD FLESH has 1 sense:

1. the swollen tissue around a healing wound or ulcer

  Familiarity information: PROUD FLESH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROUD FLESH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The swollen tissue around a healing wound or ulcer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("proud flesh" is a kind of...):

granulation; granulation tissue (new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process)