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proud flesh

an abnormal growth of flesh around a healing wound, caused by excessive granulation

Etymology: so called from the notion of swelling up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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