n. A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue.
n. A keloid tumor.
n. An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as cheloid and kelis.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
Word Usage
"The opposite end of the spectrum is something called a keloid, which is basically an extremely thick scar, and can actually look like a piece of rope."