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Scar

Meaning: Fibrous tissue that forms over a wound after healing, replacing normal skin.

In practice: Keloid scars grow beyond the original wound margins and can be disfiguring.

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Which word means: Chalky deposit of urate crystals in soft tissue seen in chronic gout.

Which word means: A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and can invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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