keloid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
[ˈkiː.lɔɪd]
Definition of keloid
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
“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.”
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noun
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A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
“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
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(intransitive)To form a keloid.
“The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.”
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Etymology
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
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