Path. [a. F. kéloïde: see CHELOID.] A form of skin disease, having the appearance of a hypertrophic scar; = CHELOID.

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1854.  [see CHELOID].

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1864.  W. T. Fox, Skin Dis., 70. Deformities of Derma. Keloid.

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1876.  Bristowe, The. & Pract. Med. (1878), 47. Such results are seen in keloid and in some forms of arterial atheroma.

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1889.  Buck, Med. Sci., IV. 266. Keloid … is most common on the chest and neck.

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  attrib.  1897.  W. Anderson, Surg. Treat. Lupus, 8. The ‘keloid’ thickening of the new cicatrix.

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  Hence Keloidal a., of the nature of keloid.

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1888.  Medical News, LIII. 442. Slight keloidal growths sometimes follow in the wake of the largest vesicles.

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