Scar Tissue
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| Scar Tissue | |
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| Term | Scar Tissue |
| Short definition | Scar Tissue - (pronounced) (skar TIH-shoo) Fibrous tissue formed when normal tissue is destroyed by disease, injury, or surgery. For example, scar tissue forms when a wound heals from a cut, wound, burn, or other skin condition, or when an incision (cut) is made in the skin during surgery. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Scar Tissue - (pronounced) (skar TIH-shoo) Fibrous tissue formed when normal tissue is destroyed by disease, injury, or surgery. For example, scar tissue forms when a wound heals from a cut, wound, burn, or other skin condition, or when an incision (cut) is made in the skin during surgery. It can also form in the body when certain conditions, such as cirrhosis, cause normal tissue to become fibrous
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