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CHELOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cheloid mean?
• CHELOID (noun)
The noun CHELOID has 1 sense:
1. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
Familiarity information: CHELOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cheloid; keloid
Hypernyms ("cheloid" is a kind of...):
cicatrice; cicatrix; scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
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