瘢 痕(はんこん)

はんこん

noun

scar; scar tissue; cicatrix

formalmedical

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

Related Words

Compare: 傷跡(きずあと) (scar)

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Added 2026.5.3 0:29 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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