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keloid

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Noun
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ke=loid

CIDE DICTIONARY

keloida. [F. kélo, from Gr. chhlh` crab's claw + -oid: cf. F. kéloïde, chéloïde.].
     Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
keloidn. 
  •  A keloid tumor.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

keloid, n. fibrous tissue formed at the site of a scar or injury.

Etymology
Gk khele claw + -OID

For further exploring for "keloid" in Webster Dictionary Online


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