SCAR (scarred, scarring)

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Irregular inflected forms: scarred    , scarring   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scar mean? 

• SCAR (noun)
  The noun SCAR has 2 senses:

1. a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

2. an indication of damage

  Familiarity information: SCAR used as a noun is rare.

• SCAR (verb)
  The verb SCAR has 1 sense:

1. mark with a scar

  Familiarity information: SCAR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cicatrice; cicatrix; scar

Hypernyms ("scar" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scar"):

callus (bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone)

cheloid; keloid (raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair)

pockmark (a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease)

sword-cut (a scar from a cut made by a sword)

vaccination (the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine)

Derivation:

scar (mark with a scar)

scarify (puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An indication of damage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

mark; scar; scrape; scratch

Hypernyms ("scar" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Derivation:

scar (mark with a scar)

• SCAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scar    ... he / she / it scars   
Past simple: scarred   
Past participle: scarred   
-ing form: scarring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark with a scar

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mark; pit; pock; scar

Context example:

The skin disease scarred his face permanently

Hypernyms (to "scar" is one way to...):

blemish; deface; disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)

"Scar" entails doing...:

incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

Verb group:

mark; nock; score (make small marks into the surface of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scar"):

pockmark (mark with or as if with pockmarks)

cicatrise; cicatrize (form a scar, after an injury)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

scar (an indication of damage)

scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)

 Context examples 

This can cause bile to build up in the liver, which may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver damage.

(Alagille syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

It is not serious, but it can cause scars.

(Acne, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A disorder of the liver characterized by the presence of fibrotic scar tissue instead of healthy liver tissue.

(Alcoholic Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This causes scarring and inflammation, and can affect breathing.

(Asbestos, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Symptoms include coughing, trouble breathing, and chest pain caused by scarring and permanent damage to lung tissue.

(Asbestosis, NCI Dictionary)

Simultaneously blocking TGF-beta and IL-13 more effectively stopped liver scarring.

(NIH study sheds light on immune responses driving obesity-induced liver disease, National Institutes of Health)

Alas! I cannot carry one arm that the rest do; the scar on my forehead forbids that.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"You have such a scar on your neck, Mr. Eden," the girl was saying.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The researchers do not know the long-term effects of these genome changes, which they term “microbiota scars.”

(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)

Typical sutures like staples and stitches often lead to scarring and create holes in the skin that could increase the chance of infection after surgery.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)