scar tissue

English

Noun

scar tissue (usually uncountable, plural scar tissues)

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. (figurative, by extension) The long-term psychological 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.

Translations

type of tissue formed in a place where an injury has healed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疤痕組織／疤痕组织 (bāhén zǔzhī), 疤痕组织 (bāhén zǔzhī)

• Dutch: littekenweefsel (nl) n
• Finnish: arpikudos
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• German: Narbengewebe n
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long-term psychological consequences

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰影／阴影 (zh) (yīnyǐng), 阴影 (zh) (yīnyǐng)

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• Finnish: arvet pl
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• German: Narbe (de) f
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