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Meaning of Keloid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈkiː.lɔɪd]

Definitions

A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.

Equivalents

العربية الجدرة
Deutsch Narbe Narbengewebe
Ελληνικά χηλοειδές
Suomi keloidi
Bahasa Indonesia keloid
日本語 ケロイド
Polski bliznowiec keloid
Português queloide

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

keloidal keloidosis kelong keloplasty kelosomia Kelowna

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