keloid

or che·loid

[ kee-loid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.

keloid

/ ˈkiːlɔɪd /

pathol a hard smooth pinkish raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury, tending to occur more frequently in dark-skinned races

Origin of keloid¹

1850–55; earlier kel ( is ) keloid (< Greek kēlís stain, spot) + -oid

Origin of keloid¹

C19: from Greek khēlē claw

These keloid scars shrink and whiten in the course of a year or eighteen months.

Occasionally a scar forms a raised hard red keloid band, and causes some anxiety to the patient.

In rare instances the burned area becomes the seat of a peculiar overgrowth of fibrous tissue of the nature of keloid (p 401).

There is a natural hesitation to excise keloid because of the fear of its returning in the new scar.

The hard fibroma known as keloid is described with the affections of scars.

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