thành sẹo
Definition
- Intransitive Verb:
- To scar over, to form a scar: The process by which a wound or injury heals and develops permanent scar tissue. It describes the biological healing stage where new connective tissue covers the wound site.
- To cicatrize: The medical term for the process of scar formation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Vết mổ đã lành và bắt đầu thành sẹo. (The surgical wound has healed and begun to scar over.)
- Vết thương nhỏ này sẽ nhanh chóng thành sẹo. (This small injury will quickly form a scar.)
- Da anh ấy bị bỏng nặng và lâu thành sẹo. (His skin was severely burned and was slow to cicatrize.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is almost exclusively used in a medical or bodily context. It is a specific stage of healing, following initial clotting and tissue regeneration, where the final, permanent scar tissue is laid down.
Variants and Related Words
- Sẹo (Noun): A scar. The result of the process described by "thành sẵo".
- Anh ấy có một vết sẹo dài trên tay. (He has a long scar on his arm.)
- Lên da non (Verb Phrase): To granulate; to form new skin. This describes an earlier stage of healing before scar tissue fully forms.
- Lành (Verb): To heal. A more general term for the overall healing process.
Synonyms
- To cicatrize: (Medical) To heal by scar formation.
- To scar: To mark with or form a scar.
- To heal over: To close and heal, often implying scar formation.
Related Idioms
- While there is no direct idiom with "thành sẵo", the concept is related to the common saying:
- Thời gian chữa lành mọi vết thương: (Time heals all wounds.) This implies that given time, wounds will eventually "thành sẵo" and heal.