keloid
noun
- form of skin disease
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]
noun
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
- A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
- To form a keloid.
“The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.”