scarring
傷跡
解説 Definition
scarring は scar（傷跡を残す）の動名詞・現在分詞から来た名詞で、傷跡や傷跡が残ることを意味します。けがや手術のあとに皮膚に残る跡について使われます。
Scarring is the formation or presence of lasting marks on the skin or other tissue after an injury, burn, operation, or disease has healed. It may refer either to the process of scars developing or collectively to the resulting marks.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 scar「傷跡を残す」の末尾 r を重ねて -ing を付けた形で、scar → scarring、発音は /ˈskɑːrɪŋ/ などです。名詞では visible scarring「目立つ傷跡」や reduce scarring「傷跡を減らす」と使います。scar が個々の傷跡も指すのに対し、scarring は傷跡が残る過程や傷跡全体を集合的に表せます。
Start with scar, a lasting mark left after tissue heals. To form scarring, double the final r before adding -ing: scar becomes scarring. The pronunciation keeps the scar sound followed by /ɪŋ/. Picture a doctor explaining that a burn may leave visible scarring, or that careful treatment can reduce scarring. A scar can be one particular mark, while scarring often refers collectively to the marks or to the process by which they form. This contrast makes phrases such as some scarring and extensive scarring easier to remember.
例文
The burn left visible scarring on his arm.
そのやけどは彼の腕に目立つ傷跡を残しました。
The doctor explained that some scarring was likely.
医師は多少の傷跡が残る可能性が高いと説明しました。
Careful treatment reduced the scarring after the injury.
丁寧な治療により、けがの後の傷跡は少なくなりました。
scarring の類義語・関連語
scarring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scarring は scar「傷跡」＋ -ing です。scar は古フランス語 escare、さらに後期ラテン語 eschara、ギリシャ語 eskhara「やけど後のかさぶた」にさかのぼり、英語では北欧語系の「切れ目」の語感も重なって、治ったあとに残る跡という意味になりました。関連語は eschar, scarred。
Scarring is formed from scar with the ending -ing, with the final r doubled in spelling. Scar has more than one historical influence. Its sense of a mark left after healing is connected through Old French escare and Late Latin eschara to Greek eskhara, referring to a scab or crust from a burn. A related Scandinavian source contributed senses involving a cut or mark, and these histories converged in English usage.
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