| 单词 | scar tissue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscar tissue scar tissue n. the fibrous connective tissue of which scars are formed; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > connective tissue > [noun] > type of white tissue1826 interstitial tissue1835 stroma1835 mucous tissue1860 neuroglia1860 scar tissue1875 glia1886 astroglia1925 the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar > tissue scar tissue1875 1875 T. Holmes Treat. Surg. xxi. 386 When the scar-tissue remains permanent, although the scar is ugly and of lower organisation than the natural parts, yet it causes no important inconvenience. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 366/2 The cells having (as a characteristic of scar-tissue after repeated healing) brown pigment-grains in their substance. 1910 Practitioner June 786 The application to the endometrium of agents so powerful as to replace the mucosa by a layer of scar-tissue. 1932 F. Beekman Office Surg. xii. 291 Keloids appear most frequently in individuals of races who have a predisposition for the formation of excessive scar tissue. 1957 A. Huxley Let. 12 Jan. (1969) 815 I have just embarked on a new treatment aimed at getting rid of some of the scar tissue on my corneas. 1975 New Yorker 1 Dec. 55/2 ‘It leaves scar tissue,’ one former campaign manager said. ‘There's no way it can't have a deep impact on the candidate's psyche and physical condition.’ 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp iii. 53 The brave face was naked, the eyes clear and challenging, the scar tissue every~where. < as lemmas |
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