The Emergence Machine

Scar

physical · Biology · Level 9 · E5

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Scarring emerges from the body's natural healing process after injury, where the skin's response to a wound results in a permanent mark left on the skin.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “scar” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “scar”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ScarWoundBloodSkinBodyHealingHealthTissue… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesScarL9HealingL6WoundL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • scar English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Healing L6 (requires)
    Scarring is the body's natural healing process after injury
  • Wound L8 (requires)
    Mark left on skin after a wound heals -- prerequisite: wound