keloid

/kee-loid/US // ˈki lɔɪd //UK // (ˈkiːlɔɪd) //

瘢痕疙瘩,瘢痕体质,瘢痕体质者,瘢痕体质的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.

These keloid scars shrink and whiten in the course of a year or eighteen months.
Occasionally a scar forms a raised hard red keloid band, and causes some anxiety to the patient.
In rare instances the burned area becomes the seat of a peculiar overgrowth of fibrous tissue of the nature of keloid (p 401).
There is a natural hesitation to excise keloid because of the fear of its returning in the new scar.
The hard fibroma known as keloid is described with the affections of scars.