keloid

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
    — It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother.
动词 v.
  1. To form a keloid. intransitive
    — The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.

词形变化

keloids plural cheloid alternative,dated keloids present,singular,third-person keloiding participle,present keloided participle,past keloided past cheloid alternative,dated

词源

词源 1
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
词源 2
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
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