keloid
English edit
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Etymology edit
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
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Noun edit
keloid (plural keloids)
- (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.
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Translations edit
growth of scar tissue
Verb edit
keloid (third-person singular simple present keloids, present participle keloiding, simple past and past participle keloided)
- (pathology, intransitive) To form a keloid.
- 2013, Ann Pearlman, Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang[1]:
- The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English keloid, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keloid m inan
- (pathology) keloid
- Synonym: bliznowiec
Declension edit
Declension of keloid
Further reading edit
- keloid in Polish dictionaries at PWN