keloid noun & adjective. ['ki:lɔɪd] Also cheloid. M19.
[French chéloïde, kél-, from Greek khēlē claw of a crab: see -OID.]
Medicine.
A. noun. (An area of) thickened raised scar tissue that tends to increase in extent. Formerly also, the condition of having this. M19.
b. adjective. Designating or consisting of such a scar or tissue. L19.

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