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Abstract
The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING.
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- Scar
- Scars
- Cicatrization
- Scarring
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC is also available; do not confuse entry term SCARRING with scarification (scratching open the surface of the skin purposely for VACCINATION; BODY MODIFICATION, NON-THERAPEUTIC; etc.)
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- National Library of Medicine. Cicatrix. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002921. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002921
- Cicatrix. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar
- Cicatrix. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206060