MEANING
A raised overgrowth of scar tissue extending beyond the original wound boundary.
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- a keloid scar
- a raised keloid
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The keloid extended beyond the outline of the original cut.
She described the keloid’s contour without treating it as an open wound.
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- keloid
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular keloid; plural keloids. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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