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The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

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  1. n. The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
  2. n. a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  3. The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
  4. The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuityand completes the process of healing in the latter, and whichsubsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
  5. n a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue