scar
scar / skär/ • n. a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed quite completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed: a faint scar ran the length of his left cheek. ∎ fig. a lasting effect of grief, fear, or other emotion left on a person's character by a traumatic experience: the attack has left mental scars on Terry and his family. ∎ a mark left on something following damage of some kind: Max could see scars of the blast. ∎ a mark left at the point of separation of a leaf, frond, or other part from a plant.• v. (scarred, scar·ring) [tr.] (often be scarred) mark with a scar or scars: he is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs [as adj. , in comb.] (-scarred) battle-scarred troops. ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Old French escharre, via late Latin from Greek eskhara ‘scab.’