Meanings
plural keloids · alternative dated cheloid
- medicineA 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.
1973, Toni Morrison, Sula
present singular third person keloids · participle present keloiding · participle past keloided · past keloided · alternative dated cheloid
- intransitivemedicineTo form a keloid.
The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
2013, Ann Pearlman, Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang
Synonyms & antonyms
nounraised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekχηλή“hoof”
- Frenchchéloïde
- Englishkeloid
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 瘢痕疙瘩
- 瘢痕疙瘩 (bānhén gēda)growth of scar tissue
Finnish keloidi
- keloidigrowth of scar tissue
German Narbe, Narbengewebe
- Narbegrowth of scar tissue
- Narbengewebegrowth of scar tissue
Greek χηλοειδές
- χηλοειδές (chiloeidés)growth of scar tissue
Indonesian keloid
- keloidgrowth of scar tissue
Polish bliznowiec, keloid
- bliznowiecgrowth of scar tissue
- keloidgrowth of scar tissue
Portuguese queloide
- queloidegrowth of scar tissue
Vietnamese sẹo trâu
- sẹo trâugrowth of scar tissue
Cite this entry
keloid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keloid
“keloid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keloid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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