scar tissue
noun
: the connective tissue forming a scar and composed chiefly of fibroblasts in recent scars and largely of dense collagenous fibers in old scars
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These symptoms tend to occur in people who have prior sprains where scar tissue and bony spurs can develop and rub and catch along the ankle joint.
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
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Aug. 30, 2018
There are procedures Haddish could have to help her endometriosis — laparoscopic surgery to remove scar tissue.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Movies Tiffany Haddish times three in ‘Night School,’ ‘The Oath’ and ‘Nobody’s Fool’
Aug. 30, 2018
There are procedures Haddish could have to help her endometriosis — laparoscopic surgery to remove scar tissue.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Scar tissue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scar%20tissue. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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