keloid

English

Alternative forms

• cheloid (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]

Noun

keloid (plural keloids)

1. (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
   • 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula:

     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.

Derived terms

• keloidal
• keloidosis

Translations

growth of scar tissue

• German: Narbe (de) f, Narbengewebe n
• Greek: χηλοειδές (el) n (chiloeidés)
• Indonesian: keloid (id)
• Polish: bliznowiec m, keloid m
• Portuguese: queloide (pt) m
• Vietnamese: sẹo trâu

Verb

keloid (third-person singular simple present keloids, present participle keloiding, simple past and past participle keloided)

1. (pathology, intransitive) To form a keloid.
   • 2013, Ann Pearlman, Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang‎^[1]:

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English keloid, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈlɔ.it/
• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: ke‧lo‧id

Noun

keloid m inan

1. (pathology) keloid

   Synonym: bliznowiec

Declension

Declension of keloid

	singular	plural
nominative	keloid	keloidy
genitive	keloidu	keloidów
dative	keloidowi	keloidom
accusative	keloid	keloidy
instrumental	keloidem	keloidami
locative	keloidzie	keloidach
vocative	keloidzie	keloidy

Further reading

• keloid in Polish dictionaries at PWN