scar

Noun
  1. A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue (synset 114386888)
    is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    subtypes:
    • callus - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
    • cheloid, keloid - raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
    • pockmark - a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
    • sword-cut - a scar from a cut made by a sword
    • vaccination - the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
    same as: cicatrice, cicatrix
  2. An indication of damage (synset 104701248)
    is a type of: blemish, defect, mar - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
    same as: mark, scrape, scratch
Verb
  1. Mark with a scar (synset 201553977)
    "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
    entail: incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
    is a type of: blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of
    subtypes:
    same as: mark, pit, pock
    verb group: mark, nock, score - make small marks into the surface of

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