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MeSH Heading: Cicatrix
Tree Number(s): A10.165.450.300; C23.550.355.274; G16.762.891.249
Unique ID: D002921
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002921
Annotation: CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC is also available; do not confuse entry term SCARRING with scarification (scratching open the surface of the skin purposely for VACCINATION; BODY MODIFICATION, NON-THERAPEUTIC; etc.)
Scope Note: The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING.
Entry Term(s): Cicatrization; Scar; Scarring; Scars
See Also: Corneal Injuries; Keloid
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/04/29

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Cicatrix MeSH Descriptor Data 2025