Definition of Cheloid
1. Noun. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair.
Definition of Cheloid
1. keloid [n -S] - See also: keloid
Medical Definition of Cheloid
1.
A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due to the formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the corium during connective tissue repair.
Origin: Gr. Kel = tumour, eidos = form
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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