HyperDic: scar_tissue

English > 1 sense of the expression *scar tissue*:
NOUN	body	scar tissue	the connective tissue that forms a scar

English > *scar tissue*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	The connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars.
Narrower	adhesion	A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
Broader	connective tissue	tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells