keloid

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ke=loid

CIDE DICTIONARY

keloid, a. [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.]

keloid, n. 

•  A keloid tumor.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision.  [PJC]