keloid

• cheloid (dated)

19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]

keloid (plural keloids)

1. (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
   • 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula:

     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.

• keloidal
• keloidosis

keloid (third-person singular simple present keloids, present participle keloiding, simple past and past participle keloided)

1. (pathology, intransitive) To form a keloid.
   • 2013, Ann Pearlman, Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang

     The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.

Borrowed from English keloid, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈlɔ.it/
• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: ke‧lo‧id

keloid m inan

1. (pathology) keloid

   Synonym: bliznowiec

• keloid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• keloid in Polish dictionaries at PWN