| scar | To mark with a scar or scars. "Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." (Shak) "His cheeks were deeply scarred." (Macaulay) Origin: Scarred; Scarring. 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. "This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . And not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body." (T. Burnet) 2. <botany> A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. Origin: OF. Escare, F. Eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. Escara), L. Eschara, fr. Gr. Hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar. <zoology> A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. Origin: L. Scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. Skaros. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| scar cancer | <tumour> Carcinoma of the lung, usually adenocarcinoma, arising from a peripheral lung scar or associated with interstitial fibrosis in a honeycomb lung. Synonym: scar cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scar cancer of the lungs | A pulmonary cancer intimately related to a localised area of parenchymal fibrosis; the cancer probably induces the fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scar carcinoma | <tumour> Carcinoma of the lung, usually adenocarcinoma, arising from a peripheral lung scar or associated with interstitial fibrosis in a honeycomb lung. Synonym: scar cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarabaeus | <zoology> Same as Scarab. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scarabee | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum). Origin: L. Scarabeus; cf. F. Scarabee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaraboid | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbleding, and many similar lamellicorn beetles. Origin: Scarab. <zoology> A scaraboid beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scardino vertical flap pyeloplasty | A reconstructive technique for correction of uteropelvic obstruction, whereby a vertical flap of renal pelvis is brought down and interposed into a vertical incision in the ureter. Compare: Culp pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scardino, Peter | <person> U.S. Urologist, *1915. See: Scardino vertical flap pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarecrow | 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. "A scarecrow set to frighten fools away." (Dryden) 2. A person clad in rags and tatters. "No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat." (Shak) 3. <zoology> The black tern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scarf | Origin: Cf. OF. Escharpe a piligrim's scrip, or wallet (handing about the neck), F. Echarpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. Scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. Skiaerf; Sw. Skarp, Prov. G. Scharfe, LG. Scherf, G. Scharpe; and also AS. Scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. Scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf. An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth. "Put on your hood and scarf." (Swift) "With care about the banners, scarves, and staves." (R. Browning) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scarf bandage | A piece of cloth cut in the shape of a right-angled triangle, used as a sling. Synonym: scarf bandage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarff, John | <person> U.S. Neurosurgeon, *1898. See: Stookey-Scarff operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarfskin | <anatomy> See Epidermis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scarification | The making of a number of superficial incisions in the skin. Origin: L. Scarifico, to scratch, fr. G. Skariphos, a style for sketching (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial scar | A variant of sclerosing adenosis of the breast with central scar formation and radiating hyperplastic ducts. Synonym: radial scar. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| cheloid scar | An overgrowth of scar tissue that can result in cosmetic deformity. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hypertrophic scar | An elevated scar resembling a keloid but which does not spread into surrounding tissues, is rarely painful, and regresses spontaneously; collagen bundles run parallel to the skin surface. (05 Mar 2000) |