scarring

noun

1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix
2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached
3. a marring or disfiguring mark on anything
4. the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguish

transitive verb scarred, scarring

intransitive verb