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[ˈkiː.lɔɪd] · noun
(pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury..
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.
The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
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Keloid means (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury..
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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.
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