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Sclerosis vs Scar - What's the difference?

sclerosis | scar |

As nouns the difference between sclerosis and scar

is that sclerosis is the abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery while scar is a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

As a verb scar is

to mark the skin permanently.

sclerosis

English

Noun

(scleroses)
  • (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.

    • Derived terms

    * arteriosclerosis * atherosclerosis * sclerotic * multiple sclerosis * osteosclerosis

    Related terms

    * sclera

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -osis

    scar

    English

    (wikipedia scar)

    Etymology 1

    Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
    • Synonyms
    * cicatrice

    Verb

    (scarr)
  • To mark the skin permanently.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
  • To form a scar.
  • (figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
    • Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

    Derived terms

    * scar tissue

    See also

    * birthmark

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sker.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cliff.
  • A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.
    • (Webster 1913)

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