'Keloid' definitions:

Definition of 'keloid'

From: WordNet
noun
Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair [syn: keloid, cheloid]

Definition of 'Keloid'

From: GCIDE
  • Keloid \Ke"loid\, a. [Also spelled cheloid.] [F. k['e]lo["i]de, from Gr. chhlh` crab's claw + -oid: cf. F. k['e]lo["i]de, ch['e]lo["i]de.] (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Keloid'

From: GCIDE
  • Keloid \Ke"loid\, n. [Also spelled cheloid.]
  • 1. A keloid tumor. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision. [PJC]