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cheloid

cheloid

9.9
A raised thick pink scar that grows where skin is injured because the body makes too much tissue
  • noun
  • /ˈkiːlɔɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : queloide
  • After surgery, she developed a cheloid on her arm where the incision was made.

Examples

  • However, it does have disadvantages including scarring in the grafted area, cheloid formation, and infection risk.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The dermatologist explained that a cheloid can form when the skin overreacts to an injury.

  • He was concerned about the cheloid that appeared after his vaccination on his shoulder.

Synonyms

scar
vscheloid
427 1.0

A permanent mark on skin or another surface after a wound heals

is a raised thickened growth caused by excessive repair not just a healed mark
scar tissue
vscheloid
22 3.5

Tough new tissue that forms over a wound while it heals

is a specific raised overgrowth caused by excessive repair rather than normal healing
scarring
vscheloid
16 3.3

The permanent mark on skin after an injury heals

is a particular raised overgrowth rather than the general process of marking
keloid
vscheloid
  • Specialized
2 8.5

A raised, thick scar on the skin that grows after an injury

is the same concept but represented by an alternative form or spelling

How Severe

cheloid
  • Specialized
9.9
scar
427 1.0

Surface Forms

cheloid singular
cheloids plural

Morphology

cheloid = chel + oid

This is a specialized medical formation: the combining element 'chel' is not a recognisable English base for average learners, so knowing common English words will not allow them to derive the meaning despite the productive suffix '-oid'.

Etymology

Cheloid comes from the Greek root kēlē meaning 'swelling' and the ending -oid meaning 'like'. So a cheloid is 'like a swelling', which helps explain why it is a raised, thick scar.