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keloid

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6 lettersPronunciation [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]Part of speech nounSorted deikloStarts with KEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair

Word origin

19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.

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