(n.) 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.
(n.) 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. See Illust.. under Axillary.
(v. t.) To mark with a scar or scars.
(v. i.) To form a scar.
(n.) An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
(n.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors examined an eye obtained post-mortem from a patient with chronic granulomatous disease of childhood and clinically apparent chorioretinal scars.
(2) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.
(3) In spite of the presence of scar tissue following rhytidectomy, this procedure has been quite successful because of the rich blood supply in that area.
(4) Following a dosage of 300,000 IU streptokinase the lysis was stopped because of severe bleeding from the urethrotomy scar.
(5) Differences in scar depression also supported the idea of more stretching in the Dexon group.
(6) These findings support the hypothesis that the presence of FSC tissue will have an effect on the persistence of glial scar tissue in a chronic lesion site as well as limit the extent to which a new scar is formed in response to a second injury to the spinal cord.
(7) Thirty patients required a second operation to an area previously addressed reflecting inadequacies in technique, the unpredictability of bone grafts, and soft-tissue scarring.
(8) The observed clinical findings include scarring of the face and hands (83.7%), hyperpigmentation (65%), hypertrichosis (44.8%), pinched facies (40.1%), painless arthritis (70.2%), small hands (66.6%), sensory shading (60.6%), myotonia (37.9%), cogwheeling (41.9%), enlarged thyroid (34.9%), and enlarged liver (4.8%).
(9) To test this hypothesis 30 Wistar rats were subjected to laparotomy and colonic resection and treated with 5-Fluorouracil or Mitomycin C. The bursting strength of the abdominal scars and the colonic anastomotic bursting pressure revealed some interference in the rats treated with 5-Fluorouracil (Student's t test P less than 0.05) but none in the case of Mitomycin C. This preliminary study deserves to be followed up.
(10) The patient suffers little inconvenience, has a very small scar and is in hospital only a short time.
(11) Skin affected by a burn cancer is scarred, ulcerated, and often appears as erythema ab igne clinically in adjacent skin.
(12) Extraction tools included flexible, telescoping sheaths advanced over the lead to dilate scar tissue and apply countertraction, deflection catheters, and wire basket snares.
(13) The ensuing scars were similar with respect to scar width and the amount of collagen in the scar.
(14) Several stages in its histogenesis may be discerned: I. focal necroses of hepatic cells associated with their invasion with lister Listeria; 2. appearance of cellular elements around the foci of necroses with subsequent formation of granulemas consisting mainly of leucocytes and lymphoid cells; 3. development of necrobiotic changes in the central areas of granulemas with concomitance of exudative processes; 4. organization of necrotic foci with subsequent scarring.
(15) This method keeps the fracture closed and leaves no scar.
(16) Regarding ureters read as true positives on indirect study, if that ureter has ever shown reflux at any time, or if it drained a scarred kidney specificity was improved to 97% without changing the sensitivity.
(17) Both acquired defects were covered by two different cross-finger flap techniques, despite extensive scarring of the adjacent finger.
(18) After the completion of rejection reaction, inflammation finally induced scarring or necrosis of the tracheal allograft, resulting in asphyxia or perforation.
(19) Autopsy findings showed no scar formation of his testes, and the primary lesion was finally diagnosed to be in the anterior mediastinum.
(20) Following this combination procedure the patients were relieved completely of obstructive jaundice and right upper quadrant pain, leaving only small trocar insertion scars made during the short course of hospitalization.
Soar
Definition:
(v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
(v. i.) Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
(n.) The act of soaring; upward flight.
(a.) See 3d Sore.
(a.) See Sore, reddish brown.
Example Sentences:
(1) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(2) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The level of prescribing of opioid painkillers – Percocet in Geni’s case – has soared, and with it the incidence of addiction, and addiction’s grim best friend: fatal overdoses.
(5) Two decades after Donna Tartt soared to literary stardom with her debut The Secret History, the reclusive author is set to release her third novel this autumn.
(6) None of the major parties have proposed a stimulus package as the solution to Ireland's soaring deficit and unemployment (which has tripled since the start of the economic crisis to almost 14%).
(7) Tourism numbers have soared from 23m in 2010 to 47m last year, in a city of just 7m; the government wants 100m by 2020.
(8) "The soaring cost of air travel will ultimately be a small factor in increased rail fares, as the ONS said plane tickets pushed the inflation index higher.
(9) Soaring demand for rental property means homes are being let in record time, even though more properties are coming on to the market, according to research from lettings agent Countrywide.
(10) Neither splenectomy nor marginal resection of the liver resulted in a significant increase in postoperative mortality which, however, soared up by as much as 50% after radical surgery involving the resection of the pancreas.
(11) Yet bank bonuses soared in April as payments were delayed so the highest paid could benefit from this government's top rate tax cut.
(12) • Two new polls have provided fresh evidence that the Lib Dems are soaring.
(13) The Scottish Greens and the housing charity Shelter said the measure failed to address the more significant issues of a lack of affordable new homes and the council tax system, which greatly benefits wealthier homeowners whose property values are soaring.
(14) As public sector workers prepare for the biggest strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1979, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers in the worst paid jobs – such as dinner ladies, hairdressers and waiters – have seen their pay fall sharply in real terms, fanning fears about families' ability to cope with soaring food and energy bills.
(15) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
(16) The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said today that City bonuses could soar to £6bn this year .
(17) At the same time, for many on low pay the last several years have seen the cost of living soar as their wage packet has shrunk.
(18) With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas , many British households will soon be temples to the latest technology.
(19) Soaring SNP membership, at 103,000, would be equivalent to a UK-wide Labour or Tory party garnering 1.2 million supporters.
(20) This does not result from an initiative taken by the medical profession, but from a government plan aimed at checking the soaring costs of medical care.