A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.

synonyms: cicatrice, cicatrix.

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory etc. (projection) 250; highland etc. (height) 206.    coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank^†, seacoast, seabeach^†; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion^†; ancon.    riverbank, river bank, levee.    soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge^†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag.    acres; real estate etc. (property) 780; landsman^†.    ... show more

Roget 551: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark^†, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste^†.    monument, hatchment^†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento etc. (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    record, note, minute; register, registry; roll etc. (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement^†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch etc. (mark) 550; muniment^†, deed etc. (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate etc. (evidence) 467.    notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta^†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings^†.    gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack^†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook^†, petty cashbook^†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.    archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics etc. 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography etc. 594; Congressional Records.    registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment^†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature etc. (identification) 550; recorder etc. 553; journalism.    [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.    [digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... show more

Roget 848: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism^†; flaw, defect etc. (imperfection) 651; injury etc. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun^†; eyesore.    stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.    tarnish, smudge; dirt etc. 653.    [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula [Anat.], patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip^†, blubber lip; blain^†, maculation; scar, wem^†; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple etc. (protuberance) 250.    ... show more

Dutch: littekenweefsel, litteken
Polish: blizna

An indication of damage.

synonyms: mark, scrape, scratch.

Mark with a scar:
— The skin disease scarred his face permanently.

synonyms: mark, pit, pock.

Dutch: litteken