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• cheloid (dated)

語源

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

発音

• IPA: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd]

名詞

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.

派生語

動詞

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:

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