keloid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
    cheloid.

WordNet

Ke"loid adjective
Etymology
Gr. tumor + -oid.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin. -- n. A keloid tumor.

Webster 1913