瘢痕(はんこん)

はんこん
noun
scar; scar tissue; cicatrix
1. scar; scar tissue; cicatrix
The fibrous tissue that forms over a wound after healing. Used as the formal medical term for scars, in contrast to the more everyday word 傷跡(きずあと).
手術後(しゅじゅつご)の瘢痕(はんこん)が残(のこ)った。
A scar remained after the surgery.
瘢痕(はんこん)が目立(めだ)たなくなるまで半年(はんとし)かかった。
It took half a year for the scar to become less noticeable.
火傷(やけど)による瘢痕(はんこん)を治療(ちりょう)するために、形成外科(けいせいげか)を受診(じゅしん)した。
I visited a plastic surgeon to treat the scar from a burn.

The formal medical term for scar tissue. In everyday conversation, Japanese speakers typically use 傷跡(きずあと) (scar) or 跡(あと) (mark), while 瘢痕(はんこん) is reserved for clinical and written contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 瘢痕(はんこん)組織(そしき): scar tissue
  • 瘢痕(はんこん)が残(のこ)る: a scar remains
  • 瘢痕(はんこん)治療(ちりょう): scar treatment
  • 肥厚性(ひこうせい)瘢痕(はんこん): hypertrophic scar
  • ケロイド瘢痕(はんこん): keloid scar

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 傷跡(きずあと): scar — everyday word for a visible scar on the skin
  • 痕(あと): mark, trace — general word for any mark left behind
  • ケロイド: keloid — a specific type of raised, overgrown scar tissue
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