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Definition of Keloid

1. Noun. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair.

Definition of Keloid

1. a. Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.

2. a. Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.

3. n. A keloid tumor.

Definition of Keloid

1. Noun. (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury. ¹

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Definition of Keloid

1. a scar caused by excessive growth of fibrous tissue [n -S] : KELOIDAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Keloid

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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