Researchers explore whether helping make better scar tissue in your heart could be a possible alternative to re-growing new tissue. Heart disease is the number one cause of death globally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), affecting millions of people every year.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Necrosis. Necrosis is a form of cell injury that results in the premature death of cells in living tissue. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, toxins, or trauma that result in the unregulated digestion of cell components.
â¢ SCAR TISSUE (noun). The noun SCAR TISSUE has 1 sense: 1. the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars. Familiarity information: SCAR TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.ouns denoting body parts. Hypernyms (scar tissue is a kind of...): connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments).