scar; cicatrix
Medical term for a scar left after a wound or surgical incision heals. In everyday conversation, 傷跡 (きずあと) is more common.
手術のあと、腹部に瘢痕が残った。
After the surgery, a scar remained on the abdomen.
この軟膏は瘢痕を目立たなくする効果がある。
This ointment has the effect of making scars less noticeable.
瘢痕 is the broader clinical term for scar tissue in general, whereas ケロイド denotes only the raised, expanding type of scar.
scar contracture; cicatricial contraction
scarification; decorative scarring
scar tissue
Composed of 瘢 (scar, blemish) and 痕 (mark, trace). The reading はんこん is the on'yomi of both characters.