scar

Meaning

1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
2. A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
3. Any permanent mark resulting from damage.

cicatrix

wound mark

fingernail mark

leave traces

remain imprinted

old wound

old unpleasant incident

scabbing

cat-face

displacement cliff

shore platform

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɑɹ/

From Middle English scar, scarre, a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch, score”), Old English sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard. Displaced native Old English dolgswæþ.