noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the formation of scar tissue as part of the healing process obsolete, uncountable

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cicatrisationscarring

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπούλωσις (apoúlōsis), ultimately from οὐλή (oulḗ, “scar, wound”).

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