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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair;
[syn: keloid, cheloid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cheloid n 1: raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair [syn: keloid, cheloid]