Path. [a. F. kéloïde: see CHELOID.] A form of skin disease, having the appearance of a hypertrophic scar; = CHELOID.
1854. [see CHELOID].
1864. W. T. Fox, Skin Dis., 70. Deformities of Derma. Keloid.
1876. Bristowe, The. & Pract. Med. (1878), 47. Such results are seen in keloid and in some forms of arterial atheroma.
1889. Buck, Med. Sci., IV. 266. Keloid is most common on the chest and neck.
attrib. 1897. W. Anderson, Surg. Treat. Lupus, 8. The keloid thickening of the new cicatrix.
Hence Keloidal a., of the nature of keloid.
1888. Medical News, LIII. 442. Slight keloidal growths sometimes follow in the wake of the largest vesicles.