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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Dense fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars
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