Definitions for keloid

keloid ke·loid

Spelling: [kee-loid]
IPA: /ˈki lɔɪd/

Keloid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in keloid (deiklo).

Definitions for keloid

noun

  1. an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.

Origin of keloid

1850-55; earlier kel(is) keloid (Greek kēlís stain, spot) + -oid

Examples for keloid

The hard fibroma known as keloid is described with the affections of scars.

These keloid scars shrink and whiten in the course of a year or eighteen months.

In rare instances the burned area becomes the seat of a peculiar overgrowth of fibrous tissue of the nature of keloid (p 401).

Word Value for keloid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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