Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scar_tissue

1 sense of scar tissue

Sense 1
scar tissue -- (the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars)
       => connective tissue -- (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)