"keloid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd] Forms: keloids [plural]
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|chéloïde}} French chéloïde, {{uder|en|grc|χηλή||hoof}} Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} keloid (plural keloids)
  1. (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury. Categories (topical): Pathology, Injuries Derived forms: keloidal, keloidosis Translations (growth of scar tissue): Narbe [feminine] (German), Narbengewebe [neuter] (German), χηλοειδές (chiloeidés) [neuter] (Greek), keloid (Indonesian), bliznowiec [masculine] (Polish), keloid [masculine] (Polish), queloide [masculine] (Portuguese), sẹo trâu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-keloid-en-noun-1ldcAXQB Disambiguation of Injuries: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 77 23 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cheloid [dated]

Verb

IPA: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd] Forms: keloids [present, singular, third-person], keloiding [participle, present], keloided [participle, past], keloided [past]
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|chéloïde}} French chéloïde, {{uder|en|grc|χηλή||hoof}} Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} keloid (third-person singular simple present keloids, present participle keloiding, simple past and past participle keloided)
  1. (pathology, intransitive) To form a keloid. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-keloid-en-verb-INXp-vzG Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cheloid [dated]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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