Keloid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keloid \Ke"loid\, a. [Also spelled {cheloid}.] [F.
     k['e]lo["i]de, from Gr. chhlh` crab's claw + -oid: cf. F.
     k['e]lo["i]de, ch['e]lo["i]de.] (Med.)
     Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular
     excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keloid \Ke"loid\, n. [Also spelled {cheloid}.]
     1. A keloid tumor.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a
        cut or surgical incision.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  keloid
       n : raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results
           from excessive tissue repair [syn: {cheloid}]