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keloid
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Keloid \Ke"loid\, a. [Also spelled cheloid .] [F. k['e]lo["i]de, from Gr. chhlh` crab's claw + -oid: cf. F. k['e]lo["i]de, ch['e]lo["i]de.] (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair [syn: cheloid ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A '''keloid ''' (; also keloidal scar ) is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen . It is a result of an overgrowth of granulation tissue (collagen type 3) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also cheloid , 1854, from French kéloïde , from Greek khele "crab claw, talon, cloven hoof" + -oides (see -oid ). Related: Keloidal ; cheloidal .
Usage examples of keloid.
I read such sentences like poesy: ilium, ischium, os innominatum, ecto-cuneiform and cnemial crest, platelets and thrombin, keloid, cicatrix.
According to Hebra a true typical keloid is found once in every 2000 cases of skin-disease.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies: dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.
The husky woman, who had a vivid red keloid on her face, laid aside the cardboard box she&rsquo.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.
He’d heard that phrase through those damned speakers before, and he knew they meant either the keloids or the growths that covered the faces of many people.
They were hopeful, joyful faces, in spite of the scars and keloids that marred many, in spite of the protruding cheekbones and sunken eyes that spoke of long hunger, in spite of the pallid skin that had not felt the sun in seven years.
But what could be seen was very lovely and the workers, with the burnt patches on their faces and necks, skin cancer scars and keloids, exacted a great pleasure from looking at her unmarred beauty.
The skin had stretched and filled with muscle over the years, but the unpigmented keloids would remain till the grave.
Prominent keloids dotted his face, and sweat cascaded from his every pore.
Distinguishing marks: a 'Semper Fi' tattoo on the left forearm, a surgical scar four inches in length on his lower right abdomen, a two-inch keloid scar diagonally on the right quadriceps—.