underhealing

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noun

The formation of insufficient new tissue during the healing of a wound

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Meanings

noununderhealing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe formation of insufficient new tissue during the healing of a wound

    However, the exact roles and underlying molecular mechanisms for the above two pathways related to wound repair are not completely clear, which undoubtedly block the exploration of the ultimate solution to both underhealing and overhealing.

    2015 June 16, Yan Shi et al., “Wnt and Notch signaling pathway involved in wound healing by targeting c-Myc and Hes1 separately”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From under- + healing.

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