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scar_tissue

scar tissue

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Noun

scar tissue (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein, collagen, formed in a place where an injury has healed.
  2. By extension, the abstract feeling of their being long-term consequences of a negative event.
    • 2010, Kevin Leman, Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage, page 32:
      So many people's lives have many broken relationships that have left behind psychological scar tissue.

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