keloid
Pronunciations
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[ˈkiː.lɔɪd]
Noun
A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
- Examples
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More examples (1)
It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother.
Verb
To form a keloid.
Usage- Intransitive
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The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
Noun
raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
- Synonyms
Word forms
keloidscheloidkeloidskeloidingkeloidedkeloided