scarring


scar 1

S0123300 (skär)n.1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.3. Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.4. A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.v. scarred, scar·ring, scars v.tr.1. To mark with a scar.2. To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.v.intr.1. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred.2. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.
[Middle English, alteration of escare, from Old French, scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning.]

scar 2

S0123300 (skär)n.1. A protruding isolated rock.2. A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.
[Middle English skerre, from Old Norse sker, low reef; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
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