keloid
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeloid (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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editgrowth of scar tissue
Verb
editkeloid (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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English keloid, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeloid m inan
- (pathology) keloid
- Synonym: bliznowiec
Declension
editDeclension of keloid
Further reading
edit- keloid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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