Scarring

Synonyms for "scarring" (22 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
fibroticharmirreversiblelastinglasting impactlingering effect

Related words (11)

Noun(11 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
appearance descriptorbiological processconsequencedamagedermatologic featureeffectemotional impactfigurative usagehealinginjuremetaphorical descriptorskin attributeskin lesiontissue pathology

More specific

20 entries
atrophic scarbrand damagecicatrixcontracted scarcosmetic scaremotional distressemotional scarhypertrophic scarirregular scarkeloidkeloid formationkeloid scarlinear scarmoral scarpitted scarpsychological scar

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

13 entries
cicatrix formationcosmetic scarringextensive scarringfacial scarringhypertrophic scarpermanent scarringposttraumatic scarringrisk of scarringscar formationscar tissuescarring processskin scarringvisible scarring

Inflections

4 entries
more scarringmost scarringscarredscars

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At any time in history, in any country you can think of, a child grows up borrowing from parents' values. There are some who would point out that the kind of mentality towards education that some women called "education mama" have, is actually emotionally scarring for the child.

Source: tatoeba (5593001)

The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring.

Source: tatoeba (9849060)

Ziri cut the ivy vines without scarring the tree.

Source: tatoeba (10859948)

Ziri wants to know how to cut ivy vines without scarring his trees.

Source: tatoeba (10859950)

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