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• scar — Fibrous tissue replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or disease. [G. eschara, scab] cigarette paper scars atrophic scars in the skin at sites of minor lacerations over the knees, shins, and elbows of persons with Ehlers Danlos syndrome.… …   Medical dictionary

• scar — n. a permanent mark left after wound healing. A hypertrophic scar is an abnormal raised scar that tends to settle after a year or so, as distinct from a keloid, which is not only permanent but tends to extend beyond the original wound …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Scar — Scars redirects here. For the 1998 video game, see S.C.A.R.S. (video game). Scarring redirects here. For the act of inflicting scars, see Scarification. This article is about scar tissue. For other uses, see Scar (disambiguation). Scar… …   Wikipedia

• FN SCAR — (Mk 16/17 Mod 0) The standard length 3rd Generation SCAR L (top) and SCAR H (bottom). Type Assault rifle (SCAR L) Battle rifle (SCAR H) …   Wikipedia

• Acne scar treatment — There are several forms of treatment for acne scars in current usage. Acne scars See Acne scarring. Acne scarring results when the visible remnants of acne are permanently left on the skin after the acne itself subsides. Biological Treatment of… …   Wikipedia

• Leaf scar — Leaf Leaf (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[ a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[ o]f, Dan. l[ o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mandibular scar — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In certain Coleoptera pupae, round or oval areas with raised margins that serve as supports for the deciduous provisional mandibles …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• adductor muscle scar pattern — (Class Ostracoda): Rather central pattern of scars (raised or depressed) indicating where central adductor muscles attach to valves; not always clearly visible [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press] …   Crustacea glossary

• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… …   Wikipedia

• Jesse de Silva — is a fictional character in The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. He is a 150 year old ghost who lives in Suze Simon s Carmel, California home. Biography Hector (Jesse) de Silva was born to a wealthy pair of Spanish ranchers in California in the… …   Wikipedia

• leaf-cushion — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the remnant of the thickened leaf base remaining after abscission in some extinct plants and in various conifers (as members of the genus Picea) * * * leafˈ cushion noun 1. A swollen leaf base 2. A pulvinus that serves as a… …   Useful english dictionary